receivable

[ ri-see-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. fit for acceptance; acceptable.
2. awaiting receipt of payment:

   accounts receivable.

3. capable of being received. received.

noun

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

receivable

/ rɪˈsiːvəbəl /

adjective

1. suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender
2. (of a bill, etc) awaiting payment

   accounts receivable

noun

1. usually plural the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment

Other Words From

• re·ceiva·bili·ty re·ceiva·ble·ness noun
• nonre·ceiva·ble adjective noun
• unre·ceiva·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of receivable¹

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

Example Sentences

The Toronto-based think tank points out that inventories and accounts receivable have shrunk by even more than cash has increased.

From The Daily Beast

They have a woman who runs accounts payable and another who runs accounts receivable.

From The Daily Beast

The bank capital was gone, and no one had money that was receivable for taxes.

From Project Gutenberg

I get very tired; but 211 I am obliged to go, because the Pevenseys know so many receivable people.

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National bank-notes are not legal tender, but are receivable by the government for all obligations except customs dues.

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No pay is, indeed, receivable by any true man; but power is receivable by him, in the love and faith you give him.

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Its notes were to be payable on demand in specie and to be receivable in all payments to the Government.

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