: the balance due to a creditor on a current account
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe platform aims to help companies eliminate the need for manual account payable and accounts receivable processes. Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 May 2022 In 2017, Kathman discovered that Gorman had written several checks from his client trust account payable to herself, the opinion says. Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 1 July 2021 Under his direction, the store replaced the long accounts payable sheets with computers, but even technology could not balance the books. Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2020 In one of its simplest forms, a business email compromise operator will send an email posing as the chief executive officer to an accounts payable department with an urgent request to transfer funds or fulfill a fake invoice. William Turton, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020 Sanders later got a job with the company in 1997 and still works there in accounts payable at their Gilbert facility. Douglas C. Towne, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2020 Then the next thing to help the restaurants out would be an amnesty of accounts payable and bills. David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020 Tesla ended the first quarter with a stretched balance sheet: Cash on hand was $2.2 billion, while accounts payable topped $3.2 billion. Charley Grant, WSJ, 2 May 2019 Herrin began his school career in 2013 as the account payable and chief school business intern at Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103. Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2019 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1812, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
account payable
noun
account pay·able
-ˈpā-ə-bəl
plural accounts payable
: the balance due to a creditor on a current account