receivable

  • 121Accrued Interest — 1. A term used to describe an accrual accounting method when interest that is either payable or receivable has been recognized, but not yet paid or received. Accrued interest occurs as a result of the difference in timing of cash flows and the… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 122receivables — Name used by bankers to describe moneys owed to a business and yet to be received. Usually the amounts due from trade creditors who purchased goods or services on credit. Functionally equivalent to accounts or accounts receivable except that… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 123factoring — The sale of *accounts receivable to a *third party, known as a factor. A factor purchases accounts receivable at a discount to their total value, and assumes responsibility for collection and *credit risks. The advantages of factoring for the… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 124assets — /aesets/ Property of all kinds, real and personal, tangible and intangible, including, inter alia, for certain purposes, patents and causes of action which belong to any person including a corporation and the estate of a decedent. The entire… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 125insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 126assets — /aesets/ Property of all kinds, real and personal, tangible and intangible, including, inter alia, for certain purposes, patents and causes of action which belong to any person including a corporation and the estate of a decedent. The entire… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 127insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 128Br — abbr. British Rail. * * * noun a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water • Syn: ↑bromine, ↑atomic number 35 • Derivationally related forms: ↑bromic (for: ↑bromine), ↑bromi …

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