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receivable

receivable adjective: capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor.

Adjective

receivable (comparative more receivable, superlative most receivable)

  1. Capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor.

Noun

receivable (plural receivables)

  1. A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business.
    • One man's receivable is another man's payable.
    Antonyms:
    payable
  2. (specifically) A debt arising from a sale on account or on credit.

receivable meaning in Tamil

receivable in Tamil

பெறத்தக்க, பெறக்கூடிய

Antonyms of receivable

Forms of receivable

Adjective
comparativemore receivable
superlativemost receivable
alternative formreceiveable
Noun
pluralreceivables

Plural of receivable: receivables

Origin of receivable

Inherited from Middle English receyvable; by surface analysis, receive + -able.

Words formed from receivable

Phrases with receivable

Questions about receivable

What does receivable mean?
Receivable means capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor.
What is receivable in Tamil?
Receivable in Tamil is பெறத்தக்க, பெறக்கூடிய. See Receivable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is receivable?
Receivable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near receivable in the dictionary

  1. receits
  2. receiue
  3. receiued
  4. receiv'd
  5. receivability
  6. receivable
  7. receivableness
  8. receivables
  9. receival
  10. receivals
  11. receive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: receivable (page history and authors); receivable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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