How to Use account receivable in a Sentence

account receivable

noun
Definition of account receivablenext
  • The airline has booked the compensation in accounts receivable but hasn’t yet got the cash.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Peloton doesn't seem to be doing much of that: While its sales rose by $480 million in its last fiscal year, its accounts receivable rose by just $9 million.
    — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2019
  • This reveals how many days' worth of sales are represented by the current accounts receivable.
    — Dallas News, 30 June 2019
  • The university came up $4 million short on student accounts receivable and about $2 million short on other line items last year.
    — Emily Walkenhorst, Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Banks finance trade deals by offering loans and letters of credit, as well as through more complex arrangements including the purchase of an exporter’s accounts receivable at a discounted price.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Porras said the lack of credit can force Latino business owners to make riskier financial decisions, such as relying on personal credit cards to grow their business, or taking out a loan on their accounts receivable.
    — Kate Cimini, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Novo Nordisk’s finance function, which currently employs about 1,000 people, also might shed some jobs as part of a move to automate tasks including cash management and accounts receivable, Mr. Knudsen said.
    — Nina Trentmann, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • When a company's accounts receivable are growing faster than sales, that indicates possible channel stuffing.
    — Dallas News, 30 June 2019
  • His administration has been selling off debt held by government entities, including accounts receivable, for a pittance of its worth, the United States officials said, and has pocketed the cash, leaving Venezuela’s finances in shambles.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2018
  • Elevating The Customer Experience Finance teams, namely those tasked with accounts receivable, are responsible for ensuring that customers pay their bills on time.
    — Justin Main, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Outside leadership changes, the utility has also struggled to turn over critical data to its independent auditor, such as accounts receivables from water bills.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 5 June 2018
  • Topics include the setup of new files, processing bank transactions, accounts receivable and accounts payable entries, reconciliation of bank and credit card accounts, and running basic financial reports.
    — chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • This means paying careful attention not only to your bank balance but your accounts receivable, depreciation, expenses, and other financial metrics.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Moone continued bouncing from financial aid, undergraduate admissions, the dean of students and accounts receivable, meeting multiple times with each, according to a timeline provided by the university.
    — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The reports were meant to reflect the company’s eligible collateral, including inventory and accounts receivable.
    — Rebecca Davis O’Brien, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2017
  • But the company’s presentation to investors at that time indicated that its budget called for the company to obtain a working capital loan of up to $40 million secured by a first lien on the company’s accounts receivable.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023

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