"accounts payable" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} accounts payable pl (plural only)
  1. 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. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (total monetary amount owed by a customer to suppliers of its goods and services): 應付帳款 /应付帐款 (yīngfù zhàngkuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kreditorer [plural] (Danish), handelsschulden [plural] (Dutch), ostovelka (Finnish), dette fournisseur [feminine] (French), dettes commerciales [feminine, plural] (French), Verbindlichkeiten [feminine, plural] (German), tartozás (Hungarian), kötelezettségek [plural] (Hungarian), 買掛金 (kaikakekin) (alt: かいかけきん) (Japanese), zobowiązania [neuter, plural] (Polish), należności [feminine, plural] (Polish), cont creditor [neuter] (Romanian), кредито́рская задо́лженность (kreditórskaja zadólžennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cuentas pendientes de pago [feminine, plural] (Spanish), cuentas a pagar [feminine, plural] (Spanish), tuusing bayarin (Tagalog), кредито́рська заборго́ваність (kredytórsʹka zaborhóvanistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} accounts payable
  1. (accounting, law) plural of account payable Tags: form-of, plural Form of: account payable Categories (topical): Accounting, Law, Business Related terms: accounts receivable
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance",
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "accounts payable"
  ],
  "word": "accounts payable"
}

Download raw JSONL data for accounts payable meaning in English (7.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "accounts payable"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "accounts payable",
  "trace": ""
}

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