receivable

[ ri-see-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. fit for acceptance; acceptable.
2. awaiting receipt of payment:

   accounts receivable.

3. capable of being received. received.

noun

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

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

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of receivable¹

1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable < Anglo-French receivable ( Old French recevable )

Example Sentences

It said the company was facing a “severe shortage of working capital and is unable to recover most of its accounts receivable.”

From Seattle Times

You may also have accounts receivable that haven’t yet been paid.

From Encyclopedia.com

The department said the technician is no longer with the agency and is establishing an accounts receivable system.

From Los Angeles Times

He said at the time that the "formal writing off of the debt in the Welsh government accounts does not prohibit the recovery of any monies receivable".

From BBC

I doubt many, if any, businesses have eliminated or will eliminate their employees reviewing and trying to collect the accounts receivable.

From Seattle Times