receivables
- noun
- /rɪˈsiːvəblz/
- Specialized
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- The company relies on receivables to manage its cash flow effectively.
Examples
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These are student loans, these are credit card receivables, these are auto loans.
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But instead, the only thing I can think about is receivables and cash flow and how I'm in big trouble.
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This is, we already have receivables, how do we fund them monitoring open transactions and letters of credit.
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They pay subcontractors and suppliers with commercial paper and receivables instead of cash.
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OWS can try to hit up some of the big buyers like Encore Receivables/Midland Funding, Resurgent Capital, Portfolio Recovery, and a few others.
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Well, there's things like home equity loans, there's auto loans, credit card receivables, student loans, equipment leases, aircraft leases, trade receivables.
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To improve liquidity, the accountant reviewed the outstanding receivables owed by clients.
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High receivables can indicate that a business has sales on credit that still need to be collected.
Synonyms
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Money that customers owe a business for goods or services not yet paid for
Antonyms
How Collectible
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Surface Forms
Morphology
receivables = receivable (semi-transparent) = receive + able + s
The relation from 'receivable' to 'receivables' is a regular plural inflection and is straightforward for learners.
Etymology
Receivables comes from the verb receive meaning 'to get', plus the ending -able meaning 'able to be'. So, receivables are amounts of money a business is expected 'to get' from its customers.