accounts receivable

accounts receivable

English

Noun

accounts receivable

1. plural of account receivable

Noun

accounts receivable pl (plural only)

1. (accounting, usually plural only) The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account.

Usage notes

• The term accounts receivable is sometimes treated as an uncountable noun (a singular noun with no plural form), and other times as a plurale tantum (an inherently plural noun).

Synonyms

• A/R, AR (abbreviations)
• amounts receivable
• receivables

Translations

total monetary amount

Arabic: حِسَاب مَدِين‎ m (ḥisāb madīn) Chinese: Mandarin: 應收帳款／应收帐款 (zh) (yīngshōu zhàngkuǎn) Danish: debitorer c pl, fordringer c pl, tilgodehavende c Dutch: vordering (nl) f Finnish: myyntireskontra French: créance client f German: Forderungen (de) f pl, (please verify) Debitorenbuchhaltung (de) f Hungarian: követelés (hu), kintlevőség Indonesian: piutang (id) Japanese: 売掛金 (ja) (うりかけきん, urikakekin) Persian: حساب دریافتنی‎ Polish: należność (pl) f Portuguese: dívida ativa f Romanian: cont debitor n, cont clienți debitori n Russian: дебито́рская задо́лженность f (debitórskaja zadólžennostʹ) Spanish: deuda activa f Swedish: fordringar (sv) c pl Tagalog: tuusing tanggapin Ukrainian: дебіто́рська заборго́ваність f (debitórsʹka zaborhóvanistʹ)

See also

• accounts payable