receivable
fit for acceptance; acceptable.
awaiting receipt of payment: accounts receivable.
capable of being received.
receivables, business assets in the form of obligations due from others.
Origin of receivable
1Other words from receivable
- 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
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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.
They have a woman who runs accounts payable and another who runs accounts receivable.
The bank capital was gone, and no one had money that was receivable for taxes.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. FlemingI 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 FrithNational bank-notes are not legal tender, but are receivable by the government for all obligations except customs dues.
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 RuskinIts 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
/ (rɪˈsiːvəbəl) /
suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender
(of a bill, etc) awaiting payment: accounts receivable
(usually plural) the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
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