accounts receivable

English

Noun

accounts receivable

1. plural of account receivable

Noun

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.

Usage notes

• 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).

Synonyms

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

Translations

total monetary amount

• Arabic: حِسَاب مَدِين m (ḥisāb madīn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 應收帳款／应收帐款 (zh) (yīngshōu zhàngkuǎn)

• Danish: debitorer c pl, fordringer c pl, tilgodehavende c
• Dutch: vordering (nl) f
• Finnish: myyntisaatavat pl
• French: créance client f
• German: Forderungen (de) f pl, ^{(please verify)} Debitorenbuchhaltung (de) f
• Hungarian: követelés (hu), kintlevőség (hu)
• Indonesian: piutang (id)
• Japanese: 売掛金 (ja) (うりかけきん, urikakekin)
• Persian: حساب دریافتنی
• Polish: należność (pl) f
• Portuguese: dívida ativa f
• Romanian: cont debitor n, cont clienți debitori n
• Russian: дебито́рская задо́лженность f (debitórskaja zadólžennostʹ)
• Spanish: deuda activa f
• Swedish: fordringar (sv) c pl
• Tagalog: tuusing tanggapin
• Ukrainian: дебіто́рська заборго́ваність f (debitórsʹka zaborhóvanistʹ)

See also

• accounts payable