receivable

[ ri-see-vuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. fit for acceptance; acceptable.

  2. awaiting receipt of payment: accounts receivable.

  1. capable of being received.

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

Origin of receivable

1
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, noun
  • non·re·ceiv·a·ble, adjective, noun
  • un·re·ceiv·a·ble, adjective

Words Nearby receivable

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How to use receivable in a sentence

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

  • 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
  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

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