"Accounts receivable" - Is that correct ?

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Rdep01

#329873 Fri, 16 Feb 07 10:48 AM

Hello everybody, Smile [:)]

"Accounts receivable" is a term used in accounting

In this idiom, is "receivable" an adverb ?

If it was an adjective, the idiom should be "Receivable accounts" ?

May you help me ? Smile [:)]

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#329875 Fri, 16 Feb 07 11:03 AM

It is a standardized name for the account book and line of the financial statement, not an idiom. I presume that its source was something like Accounts [which are] receivable, but that is merely of historical interest.

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Rdep01

#329882 Fri, 16 Feb 07 11:46 AM

Mister Micawber wrote:

It is a standardized name for the account book and line of the financial statement, not an idiom. I presume that its source was something like Accounts [which are] receivable, but that is merely of historical interest.