"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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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)
    Sense id: en-accounts_payable-en-noun-d64gj3cP

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
    Sense id: en-accounts_payable-en-noun-Ben8w1y4 Disambiguation of Business: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms where the adjective follows the noun, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 84 Topics: accounting, business, finance, law

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