receivables
/rɪˈsiːvəblz/ noun [plural] USDefinition
› ACCOUNTING amounts owed by customers to a company at a particular time and not yet paid: The company improved the management of its receivables by getting customers to pay faster. Many small firms struggle with the problem of receivables that will never be paid back.
→ See also accounts receivable(Definition of receivables noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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