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Definition: Receivable |
ReceivableAdjective1. Awaiting payment; "accounts receivable". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "receivable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
Etymology: Receivable \Re*ceiv"a*ble\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression recevable.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Receivable |
| English words defined with "receivable": accounts receivable ♦ note receivable ♦ Receivability, Receptible ♦ Treasury note ♦ Uncurrent. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "receivable": account receivable, Accounts Payable and Receivable, aging list ♦ canned software, capacit inesatta, CFS ♦ Dealer trust, debt receivable ♦ imputed income, imputed rent ♦ overseas dividend ♦ packaged software ♦ SUPERVISOR, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Master Sergeant Ivan Alva, chief of accounting, together with Yoko Vanoss review accounts receivable records from other agencies, such as the Defense Commissary Agency, Department of the Navy, and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, to ensure utility. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The number of days' receivable sales generally correlates to the amount of the accounts receivables to the average daily sales on account. (references) | |
Typical applications enable businesses to order products, bill customers, track accounts receivable, trace product shipments, and transfer funds electronically. (references) | ||
Economic History | Costa Rica | Insurance of accounts receivable is available through the Export Import Bank of the U.S. Cash payment for small purchases is a typical practice. (references) |
Mexico | The biggest worry for a company selling internationally is making sure they get paid, and many types of payment are commonly used, including letters of credit, pre-payment, documents against payment, receivable insurance, and open account. (references) | |
Denmark | A number of such local stations have merged into "TV-Danmark", which carries commercials under the same regulations as TV-2. One Danish-language TV station (TV3), broadcasting via satellite from the U.K. and receivable only via dish or cable, reaches almost as many viewers as the three Danish nationwide stations. (references) | |
Trade | India | The Supplier Credit Guarantee Program (SCGP) provides a guarantee, in the event of importers' default, on a portion of a US exporter's open account receivable. (references) |
Nigeria | The Companies Act prohibits "notice of any trust, express, implied or constructive" and such shall not be entered on the register of members or be receivable by the CAC. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Receivable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.61% of the time. "Receivable" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.61% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "receivable": account receivable ♦ Accounts Payable and Receivable ♦ accounts receivable ♦ accounts receivable turnover ♦ bill receivable ♦ Bills receivable ♦ debt receivable ♦ note receivable. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "receivable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që është për të marrë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | за получаване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | veksel (alternating, bill, bill of exchange, bill receivable, draft, letter of exchange, note, note receivable), udestaaende fordringer (accounts receivable), tilgodehavender (receivable accounts, receivable accruals, receivables), tilgodehavende (account receivable, debt receivable, outstanding debt), fordring (account receivable, asset, claim, debt, debt receivable, debtor, demand, loan claim, vindication), debitorer (accounts receivable, advances, debtors, receivables). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vordering (account receivable, advance, advance per round, advancement, claim, debt, debt receivable, debtor, demand, depth of pull, loan claim, outstanding debt, progress, pull, requisition), verschuldigde bedragen (receivable accruals), te ontvangen rekeningen (accounts receivable), te innen wissel (bill receivable, note receivable), inschuld (account receivable, debt receivable, outstanding debt), debiteurenbedrag (accounts receivable), debiteur (accounts receivable, advances, debtors, receivables), debetrekeningen (receivable accounts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پذیرفتنی (Acceptable, Admissible, Plausible), قابل قبول (Acceptable, Admissible, Passable, Tolerable), قابل وصول (Accessible), دریافت کردنی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | saamavekseli (bill receivable, note receivable), myyntisaamiset (receivable accounts), kertyneet saatavat (receivable accruals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | créances comptables (accounts receivable), compte recevoir (account receivable), compte débiteur (account receivable), compte de clients (account receivable), compte recevable (account receivable), compte-client (account receivable), comptes débiteurs (receivable accounts), comptes débiteurs divers (receivable accounts), créance (account receivable, debt receivable), commissions recevoir (charges receivable), créance envers les administrations fiscales (sums receivable from tax authorities), taxes percevoir (taxes receivable), créances sur et dettes envers les Etats membres pour ajustement du capital (amounts receivable from or payable to Member States for adjustment of capital contributions), créances sur Etats membres pour ajustement du capital (receivable from member states adjustment of capital), débiteur (accounts receivable, receivables), dette en cours (account receivable, debt receivable), dette exigible (account receivable, debt receivable), effet recevoir (bill receivable, note receivable), preuve recevable (receivable evidence), somme recevoir (receivable account), sommes dues (receivable accruals), créance recouvrer (account receivable, debt receivable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zulässig (acceptable, admissible, admissibly, allowable, allowably, allowed, authorized, legal, permissible, permitted, valid), annehmbar (acceptable, adoptable, assumable, decent, decently, passable, possible, presentable, presentably, reasonable, reasonably well, receivably, satisfactory, tolerable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εισπρακτέοσ, αποδεκτόσ (admissible), δεκτόσ (acceptable, accepted, agreeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kinnlevő, esedékes (due, mature, outstanding), átvehető. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricevibile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 未収入金 (accounts receivable), 売掛金 (accounts receivable), 売り掛け金 (accounts receivable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うりかけき" (accounts receivable), みしゅうにゅうき" (accounts receivable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 받을 수 있". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn-ghoaill (assumable, assumable title, distrainable), ry-ghoaill, ry-gheddyn (allowable, allowable expenses, available, obtainable, procurable, to be had). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eceivableray recebível, a receber. (various references) могущий быть полученным. (various references) za primanje, za naplatu. (various references) recibidero, cuenta por cobrar. (various references) erhållbar. (various references) ซึ่งรับไว้ไ"้. (various references) kabul edilebilir (acceptable, admissible, done, nonobjectionable, non-objectionable), alacak (chose in action, claim, credit, debt owed to one, holding, money owed to one), alınabilir (purchasable, seizable). (various references) прийнятний (acceptable, acceptive, admissible, adoptable, eligible, entertainable, o.k., ok, okay, okey, supportable). (various references) có thể nhận được; đáng nhận báo thu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "receivable": receivables. (additional references) | |
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"Receivable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: receiveable, recievable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "receivable" (pronounced rusē"vubul) |
| 7 | -s ē" v u b u l | conceivable, inconceivable. |
| 6 | -ē" v u b u l | achievable, believable, unbelievable. |
| 5 | -v u b u l | approvable, drivable, forgivable, immovable, livable, lovable, microwavable, movable, observable, provable, removable, solvable, survivable, unforgivable, unlivable, unsolvable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, miscible, miserable, moldable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-i-l-r-v" | |
-2 letters: believer. | |
-3 letters: believe, bereave, beveler, caliber, calibre, caviler, clavier, cleaver, leavier, receive, relieve, valeric, vealier, verbile. | |
-4 letters: bailee, bailer, beaver, belier, belive, caribe, carvel, ceiler, cereal, claver, cleave, clever, eclair, eelier, eviler, lacier, laveer, leaver, levier, librae, liever, relace, releve, relive, reveal, revile, vealer, veiler, verbal, viable. | |
-5 letters: abele, abler, acerb, aerie, aiver, alive, areic, ariel, baler, baric, belie, bevel, birle, blare, blear, brace, brail, brave, bravi, breve, caber, cable, calve, carle, carve, caver, cavie, cavil, ceiba, celeb, ceria, clave, clavi, clear, crave, creel, eerie, elver, erica, ervil, ileac, lacer, laree, laver, leave, levee, lever, liber, libra, lieve, liver, livre, rabic, ravel, reave, rebec, rebel, reeve, reive, relic, revel, rival, velar, vicar, viler, viral. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-i-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: perceivable, receivables, serviceable. | |
+3 letters: imperceivable, irrecoverable, unserviceable. | |
+4 letters: disserviceable. | |
+5 letters: irrevocableness, serviceableness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 65 69 76 61 62 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. . .. ...- .- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01101001 01110110 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c e i v a b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 0065 0069 0076 0061 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52716971758867687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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