accounts receivable

accounts receivable

1. plural of account receivable

accounts receivable pl (plural only)

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

• 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).

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

• accounts payable