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    receivable
    /rɪˈsiːvəbl/

    adjective

    • 1. able to be received.

    plural

    • 1. amounts owed to a business, regarded as assets.

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  2. RECEIVABLE definition: still to be received by the person or company to whom money is owed: . Learn more.

    • What Is Accounts Receivable (Ar)?
    • Understanding Accounts Receivable
    • Accounts Receivable vs. Accounts Payable
    • What Accounts Receivable Can Tell You
    • Example of Accounts Receivable
    • The Bottom Line

    Accounts receivable (AR) is an accounting term for money owed to a business for goods or services that it has delivered but not been paid for yet. Accounts receivable is listed on the company's balance sheet as a current asset.

    Accounts receivable represents money that a business is owed by its clients, often in the form of unpaid invoices. "Receivable" refers to fact that the business has earned the money because it has delivered a product or service but is, at that point in time, still waiting to receive the client's payment. Accounts receivable, or receivables, can be ...

    When a company owes debts to its suppliers or other parties, those are accounts payable. Accounts payable are the opposite of accounts receivable. To illustrate, Company A cleans Company B's carpets and sends a bill for the services. Company B now owes Company A money, so it lists the invoice in its accounts payable column. While Company A waits to...

    Accounts receivable are an important element in fundamental analysis, a common method investors use to determine the value of a company and its securities. Because accounts receivable is a current asset, it contributes to a company's liquidity or ability to cover short-term obligations without additional cash flows. Fundamental analysts often evalu...

    An everyday example of accounts receivable would be an electric company that bills its clients after the clients receive and consume the electricity. The electric company records an account receivable for unpaid invoices as it waits for its customers to pay their bills. Most companies operate by allowing a portion of their sales to be on credit. So...

    Accounts receivable is one of the most important line items on a company's balance sheet. It reflects the money owed to a company from the sale of its goods or services that remains to be paid by the buyer. Even though it is not yet in hand, it is considered an asset because the company expects to receive it in due course. The shorter the period of...

  3. The meaning of RECEIVABLE is capable of being received. How to use receivable in a sentence.

  4. Accounts receivable is any amount of money your customers owe you for goods or services they purchased from you in the past. This money is typically collected after a few weeks and is recorded as an asset on your company’s balance sheet. You use accounts receivable as part of accrual basis accounting. Why is accounts receivable important?

  5. noun. receivables, business assets in the form of obligations due from others. / rɪˈsiːvəbəl / adjective. suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender. (of a bill, etc) awaiting payment. accounts receivable.

  6. RECEIVABLE meaning: still to be received by the person or company to whom money is owed: . Learn more.

  7. RECEIVABLES definition: amounts owed by customers to a company at a particular time and not yet paid: . Learn more.