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days sales outstanding

days sales outstanding noun: the ratio of the number of accounts receivable to the average number of sales per day, used as an estimate of the number of days needed to collect all accounts receivable.

Noun

days sales outstanding (uncountable)

  1. The ratio of the number of accounts receivable to the average number of sales per day, used as an estimate of the number of days needed to collect all accounts receivable.
    Synonyms:
    DSO

Synonyms of days sales outstanding

Questions about days sales outstanding

What does days sales outstanding mean?
Days sales outstanding means the ratio of the number of accounts receivable to the average number of sales per day, used as an estimate of the number of days needed to collect all accounts receivable.
What part of speech is days sales outstanding?
Days sales outstanding is a noun.

Words near days sales outstanding in the dictionary

  1. days of rest
  2. days of wine and roses
  3. days of yore
  4. days off
  5. days out
  6. days sales outstanding
  7. days' residues
  8. days-long
  9. daysack
  10. daysacks
  11. daysail

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