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Definition of Receivable
1. Adjective. Awaiting payment. "Accounts receivable"
Definition of Receivable
1. a. Capable of being received.
Definition of Receivable
1. Adjective. capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor. ¹
2. Noun. A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business ¹
3. Noun. Especially, a debt arising from a sale on account or on credit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Receivable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Receivable
Literary usage of Receivable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Financial Organization of Society by Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"There are, however, at least two distinct types of financial enterprise which
may be differentiated: (i) the purchase of accounts receivable from business ..."
2. Accounting Theory and Practice by Roy Bernard Kester (1918)
"Interest on Notes receivable The valuation of notes receivable—using the term to
... Balance Sheet Titles for Notes receivable The problem of terminology is ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"In an executory gift over, " Received" should generally be read " receivable,"
and accordingly as equivalent to PAYABLE ( West v. Miller, 37 LJ Ch. 423; ..."
4. Banking Practice: A Textbook for Colleges and Schools of Business Administration by Loyd Helvetius Langston, Nathan Ruggles Whitney (1921)
"Many of these types of notes receivable would be uncollectible in case of failure.
The volume of the notes receivable is considered in the light of the ..."
5. Farm Accounting by Hiram Thompson Scovill (1918)
"cific case to credit "Notes receivable Discounted" account until the ... In all
cases it should be noted that Notes receivable account is debited or ..."
6. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"The caption "Accounts receivable" is sometimes used to cover deferred charges to
operating, ... In no sense of the word are these accounts receivable. ..."
7. Auditing: Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1916)
"In almost all respects the valuation of notes receivable should 'be made along
the lines indicated for accounts receivable. In some trades notes are given ..."
8. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"11 (certified copy of the recorded bond of a justice, receivable) ; St. 1840, ib.
12 (same for the commission of a justice or alderman); St. 1843, ib. ..."
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