account receivable
account re·ceiv·able [ -ri-ˈsē-və-bəl]
plural accounts receivable
: a balance due from a debtor on a current account
Recent Examples on the Web
//This reveals how many days' worth of sales are represented by the current accounts receivable.
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Dallas News, "Motley Fool: Is Wall Street wrong about iRobot, stocks for all ages and this week's trivia," 30 June 2019
//Inspire South, for instance, had $4 million in accounts receivable from five other Inspire schools and the Inspire District Office in 2017-2018, according to its audit report.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Inspire charter schools spread across California as critics warn of performance, financial concerns," 11 Aug. 2019
//When a company's accounts receivable are growing faster than sales, that indicates possible channel stuffing.
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Dallas News, "Motley Fool: Is Wall Street wrong about iRobot, stocks for all ages and this week's trivia," 30 June 2019
//That would let People’s take steps to protect its collateral on WMG’s multimillion-dollar debt, in the form of machinery, equipment and inventory at the company’s Suffield headquarters, along with business records and accounts receivable.
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Jon Lender, courant.com, "Jon Lender: State-subsidized firm bounces 97 checks — as it’s supposed to be recovering from bankruptcy," 27 June 2019
//The hospital should actually have 2018 dollars available or in their accounts receivable to pay off the $500 million.
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Juan Perez Jr., chicagotribune.com, "County health officials say IG report was ‘simply wrong’ even as commissioners plan hearings on system’s finances," 27 June 2019
//Novo Nordisk’s finance function, which currently employs about 1,000 people, also might shed some jobs as part of a move to automate tasks including cash management and accounts receivable, Mr. Knudsen said.
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Nina Trentmann, WSJ, "Danish Insulin Maker Novo Nordisk Cuts Jobs, Shifts R&D Spending," 1 Nov. 2018
//The airline has booked the compensation in accounts receivable but hasn’t yet got the cash.
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Jon Sindreu, WSJ, "Norwegian Air May Survive After All," 12 Nov. 2018
//Huarong and China Cinda, another listed AMC, have in recent years been highly active in buying up companies’ accounts receivables, according to researchers at MacroPolo, part of the Paulson Institute think tank.
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Andrew Peaple, WSJ, "China’s Bank Saviors Turn Problem Child," 23 Oct. 2018
First Known Use of account receivable
1812, in the meaning defined above
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