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Meaning of "account receivable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

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Account receivable is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

account receivable

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable is a legally enforceable claim for payment from a business to its customer/clients for goods supplied and/or services rendered in execution of the customer's order. These are generally in the form of invoices raised by a business and delivered to the customer for payment within an agreed time frame. Accounts receivable is shown in a balance sheet as an asset. It is one of a series of accounting transactions dealing with the billing of a customer for goods and services that the customer has ordered. These may be distinguished from notes receivable, which are debts created through formal legal instruments called promissory notes.

Definition of account receivable in the English dictionary

The definition of account receivable in the dictionary is a current asset account showing amounts payable to a firm by customers who have made purchases of goods and services on credit.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

account
account balance
account book
account day
account executive
account for
account holder
account number
account payable
accountability
accountable
accountableness
accountably
accountancy
accountant
accountantship
accounting
accounting period
accounting policy
accounting practices

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

able
achievable
believable
conceivable
dissolvable
forgivable
immovable
inconceivable
irretrievable
livable
lovable
movable
observable
receivable
removable
resolvable
solvable
survivable
unbelievable
unforgivable
unlovable

Synonyms and antonyms of account receivable in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «account receivable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

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The translations of account receivable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «account receivable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

应收账款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuenta por cobrar
570 millions of speakers

English

account receivable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाता प्राप्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حساب الذمم المدينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дебиторская задолженность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conta a receber
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাওনার হিসাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

créance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penghutang akaun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Forderung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アカウントの売掛金
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

계정 채권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Receivable akun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tài khoản phải thu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கணக்கு பெறத்தக்கது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खात्यात येणे बाकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hesap alınabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conto credito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konto należności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дебіторська заборгованість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cont de încasat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λογαριασμό εισπρακτέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rekening ontvangbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kundfordran
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fordring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of account receivable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE»

The term «account receivable» is regularly used and occupies the 107.375 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about account receivable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE»

Discover the use of account receivable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to account receivable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ultimate Accountants' Reference: Including GAAP, IRS and ...
Also, there is usually some type of sales tax involved in the transaction, in which case the account receivable is debited for the additional amount of the sales tax and a Sales tax liability account is credited for the same amount. There may be ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2010
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Accounting Reference Desktop
not create an accrued account receivable to offset an accrued sale transaction ( as may occur under the percentage of completion method of recognizing revenue from long-term construction projects); on the contrary, the accounts receivable ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2002
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Financial Reporting and Analysis: Using Financial Accounting ...
Usually, the interestbearing note will be for a longer period of time than an account receivable. In some cases, a customer who does not pay an account receivable when due signs a note receivable in place of the account receivable.
Charles Gibson, 2010
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Wiley GAAP Policies and Procedures
An account receivable is a claim that is payable in cash, and which is in exchange for the services or goods provided by the company. This definition excludes a note payable, which is essentially a return of loaned funds, and for which a ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2008
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Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods ...
The sum of the balances in the individual customers' accounts is the balance in the control account, Accounts Receivable, Gross. When the firm receives cash from a customer, it debits Cash and credits the account receivable of ...
Roman Weil, Katherine Schipper, Jennifer Francis, 2012
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Fundamentals of Accounting: Course 1
LESSON 14-2 Writing Off and Collecting Uncollectible Accounts Receivable L04 Write off an uncollectible account receivable. L05 Account for the collection of an account receivable that was written off. Journalizing the Writing Off of an ...
Claudia Gilbertson, Mark W. Lehman, Debra Harmon-Gentene, 2013
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(3) Mechanics of nonaccrual-experi- ence method. The nonaccrual-experi- ence method shall be applied with respect to each account receivable of the taxpayer which is eligible for such method. With respect to a particular account receivable,  ...
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26, Internal Revenue, Pt. ...
The account receivable may be paid without tax consequences, provided that such account receivable is paid within 90 days after the date it is established (or deemed established). Such account receivable paid within such 90 days will be ...
National Archives and Records Administration, Office of the Federal Register, 2010
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Income tax regulations
If the account receivable due the DISC is paid within 90 days after the date it is established (or deemed established), then as of the end of the taxable year of the DISC in which the transaction occurred which gave rise to the indebtedness, the  ...
CCH Editors
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Income Tax Regulations (Winter 2009 Edition)
If the account receivable due the DISC is paid within 90 days after the date it is established (or deemed established), then as of the end of the taxable year of the DISC in which the transaction occurred which gave rise to the indebtedness, the  ...
CCH Tax Law Editors, Cch, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term account receivable is used in the context of the following news items.
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From the Experts: Secrets for Cash Flow Success
For example, “an account receivable is created when you sell something to a customer in return for his or her promise to pay at a later date.”. «Pulse, Jul 15»
2
Why Export-Import Bank shutdown could cost Arizona jobs
When selling overseas, a normal account receivable will age 90 to 120 days before payment. Most small businesses can't carry receivables ... «Phoenix Business Journal, Jun 15»
3
Natick: Selectmen praise finance team after strong audit
Auditors also found credit account receivable balances for real estate, personal property and motor vehicle excise taxes totaling about ... «Wicked Local Natick, Jun 15»
4
BMC Software Inc. v. Commissioner—An Important Decision Despite …
They also entered into a second closing agreement regarding the "secondary adjustment," creating an interest-bearing account receivable at ... «Bloomberg BNA, Jun 15»
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10 Questions to Ask your Vendor prior to Selecting your Collection …
Staff type (i.e. collection resources, Account Receivable staff, technical resources). ○ Hosted or on-premise installations. ○ Type of debt ... «InsideARM, Jun 15»
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El Paso Children's Hospital accuses UMC of siphoning funds
“UMC completely ignored the Plaintiff's requests, preferring instead to carry a large account receivable on its books that masked its own core ... «KVIA El Paso, May 15»
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Top tips for finding free software
GnuCash is great for home budgets, but can handle serious business bookkeeping, including invoicing, account receivable, payroll and ... «Fox News, May 15»
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Standard General Wins Auction of RadioShack Brand
Some $500,000 of the purchase price is for an account receivable that RadioShack could collect, but that Standard General will be taking as ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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Free software to replace Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Outlook …
GnuCash is great for home budgets, but can handle serious business bookkeeping, including invoicing, account receivable, payroll and ... «Charleston Post Courier, May 15»
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A-B InBev's customers are likely big retailers and distributors who can be just as tough as the brewer as one company's account receivable is ... «FT Alphaville, Apr 15»

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