Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. debts and liabilities owed by a business
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. money that a person or organization expects and is obligated to pay on notes and accounts.
WordNet 3.0
- n. money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts
Examples
“In the governmental funds, where most municipal accounting occurs, daily accounting activity is in the areas of revenue, expenditures, cash, cash receipts, cash disbursements, short-term payables, and short-term receivables.”
The Wall Street Journal: Accountants Asked For Financial and Valuation Data
“This account includes accruals and payables to related entities, and does not include advances from related entities or current portion of long term payables unless in the nature of trade.”
“If you look at our sort of trade working capital, which is -- we define as payables, receivables and inventory, with these declines are 7. 7\% of sales versus”
“Like most midsize companies, many dealerships are using manual processes for their accounts payables, which is fraught with errors and inefficiency," said”
“Reducing payables is an incremental task; shrinking the payables stack every month indicates a successful turnaround.”
“The basic premise when approaching a mounting pile of payables is that almost no one benefits when an arts organization goes bankrupt, especially creditors.”
“One important technique for cash-strapped organizations is developing a payables strategy.”
“Achieving a payables plan with each vendor can only be achieved if you are communicating with vendors.”
“But there are more sophisticated tools available for managing payables and every arts organization that is facing cash constraints and many are in this economic climate should, at least, explore them.”
“Most troubled arts organizations exert one form of payables control: they simply don't pay their bills on time.”
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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