adjective
- fit for acceptance; acceptable.
- awaiting receipt of payment: accounts receivable.
- capable of being received.
noun
- receivables, business assets in the form of obligations due from others.
adjective
- suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender
- (of a bill, etc) awaiting paymentaccounts receivable
noun
- (usually plural) the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
late 14c., from receive + -able, and in part from Anglo-French or Old French recevable, from Old French recoivre. Related: Receivables.