receivable

[ ri-see-vuh-buhl ]

/ rɪˈsi və bəl /

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adjective

fit for acceptance; acceptable.

awaiting receipt of payment: accounts receivable.

capable of being received.

noun

receivables, business assets in the form of obligations due from others.

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Origin of receivable

1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable<Anglo-French receivable (Old French recevable)

OTHER WORDS FROM receivable

re·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty, re·ceiv·a·ble·ness, nounnon·re·ceiv·a·ble, adjective, nounun·re·ceiv·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby receivable

recce, recd., recede, receipt, receiptor, receivable, receive, received, Received Pronunciation, Received Standard, receiver

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How to use receivable in a sentence

The Toronto-based think tank points out that inventories and accounts receivable have shrunk by even more than cash has increased.
Where's All the Corporate Cash?|David Frum|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They have a woman who runs accounts payable and another who runs accounts receivable.
The Samurai Porn Murder|Richard Abowitz|June 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The bank capital was gone, and no one had money that was receivable for taxes.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama|Walter L. Fleming
I get very tired; but 211 I am obliged to go, because the Pevenseys know so many receivable people.
John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1|William Powell Frith

National bank-notes are not legal tender, but are receivable by the government for all obligations except customs dues.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
No pay is, indeed, receivable by any true man; but power is receivable by him, in the love and faith you give him.
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5)|John Ruskin
Its notes were to be payable on demand in specie and to be receivable in all payments to the Government.
Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for receivable

receivable

/ (rɪˈsiːvəbəl) /

adjective

suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender

(of a bill, etc) awaiting paymentaccounts receivable

noun

(usually plural) the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment

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