receivable

English

Alternative forms

• receiveable

Etymology

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

Adjective

receivable (comparative more receivable, superlative most receivable)

1. Capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor.

Derived terms

• accounts receivable
• nonreceivable
• receivableness
• unreceivable

Translations

capable of being received

• Bulgarian: за получаване (za polučavane)
• Greek: εισπρακτέος (el) (eispraktéos)
• Italian: ricavabile, ricevibile
• Manx: yn-ghoaill
• Middle English: receyvable
• Polish: możliwy do uzyskania
• Romanian: recepționabil m

Noun

receivable (plural receivables)

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

   Antonym: payable

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

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