adjective
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suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender
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(of a bill, etc) awaiting payment
accounts receivable
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of receivable
1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable < Anglo-French receivable ( Old French recevable )
Example Sentences
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In its last report, Microsoft said it recorded $24.1 billion of revenue from OpenAI last year, including revenue-sharing payments, along with $6 billion of accounts receivable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Recently, he highlighted that Palantir’s accounts receivable have been growing faster than revenue for nine of the last 12 quarters.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
The new Andersen Group features an Up-C structure, a tax receivable agreement and large non-controlling interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Credit credit-rating firms KBRA, S&P, and Morningstar all have upgraded ratings on several classes of Carvana auto receivable notes in recent months, Wedbush pointed out.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
But thanks to the silver legislation of 1878 and other legislation making our Treasury notes receivable for customs dues, no damage could now result from any attempted corner in gold.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by John P. (John Percival) Jones
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