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accounts payable

accounts payable noun: 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. Also the plural of account payable.

Noun

accounts payable pl (plural only)

  1. (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.
    • 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

Also used as

accounts payable is also the plural of account payable.

accounts payable meaning in Tagalog

accounts payable in Tagalog

total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services
tuusing bayarin

Questions about accounts payable

What does accounts payable mean?
Accounts payable means 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.
What is accounts payable in Tagalog?
Accounts payable in Tagalog is tuusing bayarin. See Accounts payable meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is accounts payable?
Accounts payable is a noun.

Words near accounts payable in the dictionary

  1. accountment
  2. accounts
  3. accounts current
  4. accounts for
  5. accounts of
  6. accounts payable
  7. accounts receivable
  8. accounts to
  9. accouple
  10. accoupled
  11. accouplement

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