receivable
adjective
re·ceiv·able
ri-ˈsē-və-bəl 
1
: capable of being received
2
: subject to call for payment
notes receivable
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This growth was driven by increases in loans receivable and cash equivalents.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
For example, operational and administrative roles such as accounts payable and receivable are seeing significant automation.
—Steve Murphy, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Lee invests in tax receivable agreements, increasingly common arrangements that put cash into the pockets of early investors in companies.
—Ben Foldy, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
The transactions between the ‘content advance entities’ and the ‘trade receivable entities’ raises the possibility that Eros was circulating funds whereby amounts transferred as content advances were subsequently recognized as revenue by routing it through trade receivables entities.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 July 2023
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
For example, operational and administrative roles such as accounts payable and receivable are seeing significant automation.
—Steve Murphy, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Lee invests in tax receivable agreements, increasingly common arrangements that put cash into the pockets of early investors in companies.
—Ben Foldy, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
The transactions between the ‘content advance entities’ and the ‘trade receivable entities’ raises the possibility that Eros was circulating funds whereby amounts transferred as content advances were subsequently recognized as revenue by routing it through trade receivables entities.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 July 2023
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receivable
adjective
re·ceiv·able
ri-ˈsē-və-bəl
1
: capable of being received
2
: not yet paid : due
accounts receivable
Legal Definition
receivable
adjective
re·ceiv·able
ri-ˈsē-və-bəl
1
: capable of being received
2
: subject to call for payment
notes receivable
see also account receivable
receivable
noun
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