How to Use receivable in a Sentence

receivable

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  • This point changed the value of the receivable dramatically, and the outcome of the entire case.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • Meanwhile, an accounts receivable clerk’s KPIs might be that 5% of collections are no more than 60 days past due.
    — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • Velocita owed the firm some $29 million in accounts receivable as of Jan. 31.
    — Wired News Report, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2002
  • Higher sales may not translate into higher cash flow if accounts receivable are allowed to grow faster than sales.
    — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • The memory continues to torment Roger, a trucking firm accounts receivable clerk who glimpsed the speeding car bearing down on them.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • But if each piece sells for twice last year’s price, then the company needs twice as much working capital for inventory and accounts receivable.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • In factoring, a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party – often a bank - at a discount.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • For example, collect on accounts receivable or get longer terms from vendors.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • Forecasts, receivable, payables, and managing credit — some companies do one or two of these but Centime’s research didn’t find any that cover all four aspects of cash flow.
    — Tom Groenfeldt, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • On the balance sheet, if inventory levels or accounts receivable are growing faster than sales, that’s a worrisome sign.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 8 July 2017
  • This approach applies not just to companies that use all their cash to fund inventories and accounts receivable, but those that prefer holding a large cushion.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 May 2021
  • The invoices created and the payments received will flow into your accounts receivable.
    — Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • So if a contractor has finished a building and submitted an invoice to the owner for the final payment, that account receivable increases income even though the payment check is not yet in.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2017
  • The provision, if adopted, would force small businesses, partnerships, doctors and lawyers to be taxed on their accounts receivable, rather than their actual income.
    — David Williams, Orange County Register, 21 Apr. 2017
  • The platform aims to help companies eliminate the need for manual account payable and accounts receivable processes.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • For instance, contract transformation can directly impact net income and accounts receivable — both items that keep CFOs up at night.
    — Nicholas Hinton, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • Examples include accounts payable and receivable in F&A and the employee onboarding process in human resources.
    — Sriram Bhargav Madhav, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • Pilz claimed that accounts receivable, essentially future sales, which were supposed to be guaranteed, turned out to be estimates provided to customers or sales that had already been paid.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Walmart and Target already accounted for 31.5% of Steve Madden’s accounts receivable last year, and the apparel brand said in a late July earnings call that sell-through rates at those wholesalers had returned to pre-pandemic levels.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2020
  • BT executives have described a system of inappropriate loans in Italy, taken against accounts receivable, that were used to pay suppliers.
    — Daniele Lepido, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
  • Let’s be honest: The Trump administration didn’t think my years of science and policy experience were better suited to accounts receivable.
    — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 27 July 2017
  • Automation of the collection process for accounts receivable is a highly effective way of increasing positive cash flow.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • His duties as director of finance included overseeing payroll and accounts payable and receivable.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Digital apps can give business customers the ability to manage accounts receivable and payable remotely, which is critical during the pandemic.
    — Arcady Lapiro, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • As an assistant clerk, Harris was responsible for payroll accounts, accounts receivable and accounts payable.
    — Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • One of RoadEx's primary services is known as freight factoring, which involves providing funds to trucking companies in exchange for buying their accounts receivable.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Timely inputs of data such as accounts receivable/payable, expense reports, sales data and any other data set needed by a particular accounting tool.
    — Nicholas Pasquarosa, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • More remote-work options: The global pandemic tasked accounts receivable, billing, collections, payroll and many other teams with performing functions never designed for remote work.
    — Steve Smith, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Executives at such companies might be tempted to turn to whatever internal help is available in confronting sales tax issues, including their colleagues in accounts payable and accounts receivable.
    — Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • FirstBank is in the midst of rolling out more traditional business lending, Tilton said, venturing beyond real estate loans into accounts receivable, inventory and equipment.
    — Emilie Rusch, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2017

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