Definition of Receivables

1. Noun. Money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts.

Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Assets

Definition of Receivables

1. Noun. (plural of receivable) ¹

2. Noun. All the debts etc. owed to a company by its debtors or customers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Receivables

1. receivable [n] - See also: receivable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Receivables

recedingly
receed
receipt
receipted
receipting
receiptless
receiptor
receiptors
receipts
receit
receiue
receiued
receiv'd
receivability
receivable
receivables (current term)
receival
receivals
receive
received
receivedness
receivedst
receiver
receiver-creditor relation
receiver cell
receiver operating characteristic
receiver operating characteristic curve
receivers
receivership
receiverships

Literary usage of Receivables

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Bank Operation by Loyd Helvetius Langston, First National City Bank of New York (1921)
"Discounts Secured by receivables While as a general rule the domestic discount department does not handle loans secured by collateral of any sort, ..."

2. Banking Practice: A Textbook for Colleges and Schools of Business Administration by Loyd Helvetius Langston, Nathan Ruggles Whitney (1921)
"Loans Based on receivables.—Loans made upon receivables are advances, the collateral security for which consists of ..."

3. The Banker's Common-place Book by Isaac Smith Homans (1857)
"receivables and Treasury Notes. — During our specie suspension of the year ... The notes were called receivables, and they circulated as readily as specie ..."

4. General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 1998: Report of the Joint edited by William Roth, Bill Archer (2000)
"The provision applies to trade receivables arising from services performed by independent contractors, as well as employees. ..."

5. Auditing: Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1916)
"If freight allowances are permitted, care must be taken to see that adequate provision is made therefor. Miscellaneous receivables ..."

6. Principles of Accounting by John Raymond Wildman (1922)
"This group includes: receivables to merchandise, worth to fixed assets, sales to receivables, sales to merchandise, sales to worth, debt (both current and ..."

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