Meaning

2 senses
  1. A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business.

    One man's receivable is another man's payable.

  2. (specifically)A debt arising from a sale on account or on credit.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English receyvable; by surface analysis, receive + -able.

Inherited from Middle English receyvable; by surface analysis, receive + -able.

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Forms

plural: receivables

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

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