receivable
adjective, noun
Forms receivables receiveable
- adjective Capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor.
- noun A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business. “One man's receivable is another man's payable.”
- noun (specifically) A debt arising from a sale on account or on credit.
Antonyms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English receyvable; by surface analysis, receive + -able.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [Cf. F. recevable.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “receivable”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details