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accounts payable en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of account payable
  2. (plural, plural-only) The total amount of money that is owed by a customer to its suppliers of goods and services and is counted by the customer as a current unpaid debt.
    • Masters, with accounts payable averaging 2,296 livres (median = 1,008) were far more heavily indebted than the faubourg bakers (712 and 320 livres) 1996, Steven Laurence Kaplan, The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775, page 363:
    • When such a practice is to be followed, two methods may be employed: (1) accounts payable may be reported net or (2) accounts payable may be reported at the gross invoice price with a payable offset balance or liability valuation account reporting the purchases discounts available. 1972, Harry Simons, Intermediate Accounting; Comprehensive Volume, page 254:
    • Cost of goods sold are divided by the accounts payable to get the payables turn ratio. 1994, S. B. Costales, Geza Szurovy, The Guide to Understanding Financial Statements, page 61:

Relateds

accounts receivable

Translations (18)

fi ostovelka (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · da kreditorer (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · fr dettes commerciales (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · hu tartozás (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · nl handelsschulden (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · de Verbindlichkeiten (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · pl należności (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · es cuentas a pagar (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · ja 買掛金 (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · hu kötelezettségek (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · es cuentas pendientes de pago (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · fr dette fournisseur (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · ru кредито́рская задо́лженность (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · tl tuusing bayarin (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · ro cont creditor (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · cmn 應付帳款 /应付帐款 (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · pl zobowiązania (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services) · uk кредито́рська заборго́ваність (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services)