receivableadj.n.

Brit.

/rᵻˈsiːvəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈsivəb(ə)l/,

/riˈsivəb(ə)l/

Forms: see receive v. and -able suffix; also Middle English receueable, 1600s– receiveable; Scottish pre-1700 ressaueable, pre-1700 1700s–1800s receiveable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: receive v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < receive v. + -able suffix, partly after Anglo-Norman receivable, resceivable, resevable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French recevable (of an indictment, excuse, etc.) admissible (1265 in Old French), (of a person) worthy of (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), capable of receiving (late 14th cent.).

A. adj.

a. Capable of being received; able to be received.accounts receivable: see account n. Phrases 3e.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [adjective] > able to be received

receivablea1382

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of receiving > capable of being received > of a person

receivablea1382

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission

admissable1587

admissible1645

receivable1646

admittable1726

intromissible1808

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of receiving > capable of being received

receptible1574

receivable1671

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]

understandinga1382

sensiblea1393

knowablea1425

perceivablec1443

takablec1449

understandablec1475

intendible1489

intentiblea1492

intelligible1509

facile1531

level1559

discernable1561

receptible1574

intendable?1577

excogitable1592

penetrable1594

comprehensible1598

scrutablec1604

distinguishable1611

discernible1616

perviousa1631

fathomable1633

cognoscible1648

colligible1650

determinable1658

intelligent1676

cognizable1681

apprehensive1692

susceptible1694

tangible1709

apprehensible1715

pronounced1728

comprehendible1814

graspable1818

prehensiblea1832

prononcé1838

possible1864

receivable1865

unsmothered1891

readable1908

discriminable1946

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ii. 5 In fyr is preued gold and siluer; men forsothe resceyuable [a1425 L.V. worthi to be resseyued; L. receptibiles] in the chymne of mecnesse.

a1400 Twelve Profits of Tribulation (Royal) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 58 (MED) So þerfore semes hit þat tribulacion makis þo prayer more preciouse & more receyuable.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 87 There will remaine a quantity of water not receiveable .

1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 31 Without considering..the benefits receivable by it.

1777 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 382 This is spoken of as receivable by mere faith.

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 163/1 Bills..receivable or payable.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. 228 His [sc. Joubert's] doctrine was more intelligible than Coleridge's, more receivable.

1872 E. Fawcett Short Poems for Short People 12 Her virtues would fill quite a volume: at school She obtains all receivable medals.

1927 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 2 The price receivable for the Conversion Loan would depend on the market value when sold.

1961 Partisan Rev. Anthol. (1962) 264 A joyous sense of power in the use of received or receiveable generalizations.

2004 W. E. Williams Love without Limit ii. v. 80 If we find it in our hearts to forgive others, then God's forgiveness becomes believable, thus receivable.

b. Chiefly Law. Of an indictment, excuse, evidence, etc.: admissable, allowable.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > admissible in court

receivablea1500

admissable1587

competenta1626

competiblec1638

admissible1639

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 198 (MED) Thyne inconstaunce ought to be callid more thanne myne, and thyne excusacione lasse receueable [v.rr. reseyvable, ressayuable; resoynable; c1475 Univ. Oxf. resonable] thanne myne.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. v. 503 Now let us..consider what enditements be receivable by the Iustices of Peace.

1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. ii. ix. 103 A fresh testimonie..which may seeme receiuable.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 231 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors If they can alledge any receivable excuse, they are shut up again.

1719 J. Lilly Pract. Reg. I. 525 An Error assigned directly against the Record is not receivable.

1788 W. Creech Acct. Trial W. Brodie & G. Smith 103 The plea now offered was not receivable in point of form.

1818 Times 4 Aug. 3/4 In an indictment..against a man for an attempt to murder his wife by giving her a cake mixed with arsenic,..it was held..that the evidence of the wife was receivable..against her husband.

1853 Amer. Law Reg. 2 79 A separate and distinct admission from the mate, the helmsman, or any other of the crew, is not receivable as evidence, for these persons can in no way be regarded as the owners' agents.

1880 Ld. Blackburn in Law Times Rep. 43 213/2 The general rule of English law is, that hearsay evidence is not receivable.

1927 Harvard Law Rev. 40 728 Had the writing been lost and were a duly verified copy offered, it would be receivable.

1946 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 6 449 Expert evidence in the case of musical compositions is receivable only within limits.

1983 P. Kurth Anastasia (1985) iii. xiv. 403 It was the failure of the tribunal, above all, to confront its experts with these limp, layman's objections that led the Oberlandesgericht in Hamburg..to declare Anastasia's case receivable in 1962.

c. Of a certificate, paper money, etc.: that may be received as legal tender.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective] > legal tender

receivable1708

1708 Proclam. restoring Scots Species 1 After the said Tenth day of February, the foresaid Species of Scots Money, viz. Crowns Old and New, Forty Shilling, Twenty Shilling, and Ten Shilling Pieces should be no more current nor receivable in Payments, but held and repute as Bullion.

1721 J. Armour Proposals for restoring Credit 14 These Ten Millions of Paper-Money could not fail of an easy Circulation, being made lawful in all Payments and Tenders, and receivable with some Encouragement in Payment of the Revenues and Taxes.

1731 G. Ollyffe Ess. for Act of Parl. (ed. 2) 16 It may be thought necessary to enjoin their having a Certificate with a Government-Stamp receivable for a Shilling.

1790 A. Hamilton in H. C. Syrett Papers (1962) VI. 504 That Certificates..shall also be receivable in all payments whatsoever for land.

1797 Times 7 Feb. 3/2 They [sc. Exchequer Bills] may be considered as so much circulating cash,..and receivable as money..for every branch of the Public Revenue, Taxes, Duties, Customs, &c.

1856 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 23 648 Government paper..receivable in payment of taxes.

1889 Spectator 7 Dec. These certificates are to be receivable in all State Treasuries for all purposes, and may be redeemed whenever the holder chooses.

1902 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 16 331 The demand notes were sought more eagerly than the legal tenders, since the former were receivable for import duties.

1956 Jrnl. Finance 11 521 Our money has three qualities conferred on it by the law, namely, legal tender, lawful money, and money receivable for specified purposes.

1994 Federal Reserve Bank N.Y. Q. Rev. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 Its demand notes were made receivable in all payments to the government.

d. Of a broadcasting signal or station: that can be received by a receiving device or by an audience.

ΚΠ

1914 Science 9 Jan. 50/2 Perhaps these [thought] waves, being not of physical but of mental origin, may be receivable..only by mental apparatus.]

1925 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Sept. m5/5 Naval signals must be receivable everywhere they will carry to be used as an efficient and reliable means of communication.

1930 Sci. Monthly Apr. 337/1 Stations not normally receivable under given conditions come in strong while others ordinarily easy to get become impossible.

1988 H. A. Klein Sci. Measurem. xvi. 167 The problem existed of providing some kind of receivable signal that should beat time in true atomic seconds.

2000 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 6 Jan. b1 Some New Orleans stations next year should be offering some high-definition programming that will be receivable with the good old standby outdoor antenna.

†2. Capable of receiving; receptive of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of receiving

receivablea1382

receptive1547

receptible1616

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective]

understandablea1382

understandinga1382

intellectivea1475

witted1528

receivable1548

intellectible1557

intelligenced1596

recipient1610

intelligential1646

susceptible1646

apprehending1656

open1672

intellected1791

receptive1817

the world > space > [adjective] > roomy > able to accommodate specific number of persons

receivable1548

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. iv. 14 Þei sholyn putte wiþ hit alle þe vessels þe whiche þei vsyn in þe seruyse of hit þat is þe reseyuable þynges [a1425 Corpus Oxf. 4 resseyuable thinges; a1425 L.V. ressettis; L. receptacula] of furys, flesch hokys & brandyrys.

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 163 (MED) Bernard seiþ þe spirit þat is reseyuable bitokeneþ sesinge of synne.

?1536 tr. Erasmus Serm. Chylde Jesus ii. sig. A.vii He formed [vs] to his owne lykenes, that is to wyte, receyuable of the highe ioy.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ii. f. 15^v The feastes of the Iewes bee small, and receiuable but of fewe persones.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark viii. 50 b Crying ofte..that his audience is not receyuable of so high misteries.

1701 L. Smith Evid. Things not Seen i. 9 How comes it to pass..that Men have been so easily receivable of these vain Terrours?

1887 M. Burt Browning's Women 198 The susceptible, receivable, teachable quality in woman or in man.

B. n. In plural.

Things that may be received or accepted; spec. (short-term) debts owed to a business, esp. regarded as assets. Cf. payables n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > other types of debt

crown debt1641

debt of honour1646

oblata1658

judgment debt1702

bond-debt1707

rumple1746

contingent liability1798

overdraft1812

current liability1832

receivable1836

minority debt1897

negative equity1946

eligible liability1971

1836 D. Webster Specie Circular 21 Dec. in Wks. (1858) 277 Has any Secretary presumed to strike foreign coin, or treasury-notes, or our own coin, out of the list of receivables?

1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends xxii. 231 When I went home..we had only nineteen thousand in bank. I had exhausted all our receivables.

1897 Amer. Law Reg. & Rev. 45 198 The notes were given to remove a doubt as to the character of some of the receivables of the bank, and to make the bank unquestionably solvent.

1947 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Sept. 19/1 A move to..take care of a steadily expanding volume of receivables acquired.

1978 Daily Tel. 21 Mar. 3 (advt.) The HP 3000 will run your payroll, process invoices, print out receivables and take care of general ledger work.

1997 Calif. Lawyer July 92/3 Top dollar paid for..Law firm receivables.

Derivatives

receivaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > ability to be received

receivability1795

1795 Pennsylvania State Trials: F. Hopkinson & J. Nicholson I. 346 The receivability of the cerificates in the Land-office was common to almost all kinds of Continental certificates.

1834 Reg. Deb. Congress U.S. 2 Jan. 128 The receivability of the notes of the bank, in payment of all public dues, gave [the United States] another interest in the circulation and general management of the institution.

1995 Accountancy Nov. 122/2 He argued that, as he had instructed the DSS to pay his pension into his wife's private bank account, he had received nothing—‘receivability without receipt is nothing’.

† receivableness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [noun] > a containing space > capacity

receivablenessc1443

capacity1481

content1491

receipt1565

continenta1608

capability1616

receptibility1651

gauge1655

reception1667

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > understanding, comprehension > state of

comprehension1597

comprehense1604

receptivenessa1651

receivableness1654

recipiency1850

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 22 (MED) In caas þat myche mater..schal passe þe capacite and þe receyuablenes of ful manye persoonys in þe layfe..summe extractis..be maad into smaler bokis..meete to ech mannys mesure of receyvablenesse.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Capacité, capacitie or receyuablenesse.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 352 Exuberances of Fancy, or Desires, [which] various Reading might imprint on such waxy Molds, or tender Receivablenesse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	receivable
释义	receivableadj.n. Brit. /rᵻˈsiːvəbl/, U.S. /rəˈsivəb(ə)l/, /riˈsivəb(ə)l/ Forms: see receive v. and -able suffix; also Middle English receueable, 1600s– receiveable; Scottish pre-1700 ressaueable, pre-1700 1700s–1800s receiveable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: receive v., -able suffix. Etymology: < receive v. + -able suffix, partly after Anglo-Norman receivable, resceivable, resevable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French recevable (of an indictment, excuse, etc.) admissible (1265 in Old French), (of a person) worthy of (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), capable of receiving (late 14th cent.). A. adj. 1. a. Capable of being received; able to be received.accounts receivable: see account n. Phrases 3e. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [adjective] > able to be received receivablea1382 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of receiving > capable of being received > of a person receivablea1382 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission admissable1587 admissible1645 receivable1646 admittable1726 intromissible1808 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of receiving > capable of being received receptible1574 receivable1671 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective] understandinga1382 sensiblea1393 knowablea1425 perceivablec1443 takablec1449 understandablec1475 intendible1489 intentiblea1492 intelligible1509 facile1531 level1559 discernable1561 receptible1574 intendable?1577 excogitable1592 penetrable1594 comprehensible1598 scrutablec1604 distinguishable1611 discernible1616 perviousa1631 fathomable1633 cognoscible1648 colligible1650 determinable1658 intelligent1676 cognizable1681 apprehensive1692 susceptible1694 tangible1709 apprehensible1715 pronounced1728 comprehendible1814 graspable1818 prehensiblea1832 prononcé1838 possible1864 receivable1865 unsmothered1891 readable1908 discriminable1946 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ii. 5 In fyr is preued gold and siluer; men forsothe resceyuable [a1425 L.V. worthi to be resseyued; L. receptibiles] in the chymne of mecnesse. a1400 Twelve Profits of Tribulation (Royal) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 58 (MED) So þerfore semes hit þat tribulacion makis þo prayer more preciouse & more receyuable. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 87 There will remaine a quantity of water not receiveable . View more context for this quotation 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 31 Without considering..the benefits receivable by it. 1777 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 382 This is spoken of as receivable by mere faith. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 163/1 Bills..receivable or payable. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. 228 His [sc. Joubert's] doctrine was more intelligible than Coleridge's, more receivable. 1872 E. Fawcett Short Poems for Short People 12 Her virtues would fill quite a volume: at school She obtains all receivable medals. 1927 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 2 The price receivable for the Conversion Loan would depend on the market value when sold. 1961 Partisan Rev. Anthol. (1962) 264 A joyous sense of power in the use of received or receiveable generalizations. 2004 W. E. Williams Love without Limit ii. v. 80 If we find it in our hearts to forgive others, then God's forgiveness becomes believable, thus receivable. b. Chiefly Law. Of an indictment, excuse, evidence, etc.: admissable, allowable. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > admissible in court receivablea1500 admissable1587 competenta1626 competiblec1638 admissible1639 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 198 (MED) Thyne inconstaunce ought to be callid more thanne myne, and thyne excusacione lasse receueable [v.rr. reseyvable, ressayuable; resoynable; c1475 Univ. Oxf. resonable] thanne myne. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. v. 503 Now let us..consider what enditements be receivable by the Iustices of Peace. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. ii. ix. 103 A fresh testimonie..which may seeme receiuable. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 231 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors If they can alledge any receivable excuse, they are shut up again. 1719 J. Lilly Pract. Reg. I. 525 An Error assigned directly against the Record is not receivable. 1788 W. Creech Acct. Trial W. Brodie & G. Smith 103 The plea now offered was not receivable in point of form. 1818 Times 4 Aug. 3/4 In an indictment..against a man for an attempt to murder his wife by giving her a cake mixed with arsenic,..it was held..that the evidence of the wife was receivable..against her husband. 1853 Amer. Law Reg. 2 79 A separate and distinct admission from the mate, the helmsman, or any other of the crew, is not receivable as evidence, for these persons can in no way be regarded as the owners' agents. 1880 Ld. Blackburn in Law Times Rep. 43 213/2 The general rule of English law is, that hearsay evidence is not receivable. 1927 Harvard Law Rev. 40 728 Had the writing been lost and were a duly verified copy offered, it would be receivable. 1946 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 6 449 Expert evidence in the case of musical compositions is receivable only within limits. 1983 P. Kurth Anastasia (1985) iii. xiv. 403 It was the failure of the tribunal, above all, to confront its experts with these limp, layman's objections that led the Oberlandesgericht in Hamburg..to declare Anastasia's case receivable in 1962. c. Of a certificate, paper money, etc.: that may be received as legal tender. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective] > legal tender receivable1708 1708 Proclam. restoring Scots Species 1 After the said Tenth day of February, the foresaid Species of Scots Money, viz. Crowns Old and New, Forty Shilling, Twenty Shilling, and Ten Shilling Pieces should be no more current nor receivable in Payments, but held and repute as Bullion. 1721 J. Armour Proposals for restoring Credit 14 These Ten Millions of Paper-Money could not fail of an easy Circulation, being made lawful in all Payments and Tenders, and receivable with some Encouragement in Payment of the Revenues and Taxes. 1731 G. Ollyffe Ess. for Act of Parl. (ed. 2) 16 It may be thought necessary to enjoin their having a Certificate with a Government-Stamp receivable for a Shilling. 1790 A. Hamilton in H. C. Syrett Papers (1962) VI. 504 That Certificates..shall also be receivable in all payments whatsoever for land. 1797 Times 7 Feb. 3/2 They [sc. Exchequer Bills] may be considered as so much circulating cash,..and receivable as money..for every branch of the Public Revenue, Taxes, Duties, Customs, &c. 1856 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 23 648 Government paper..receivable in payment of taxes. 1889 Spectator 7 Dec. These certificates are to be receivable in all State Treasuries for all purposes, and may be redeemed whenever the holder chooses. 1902 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 16 331 The demand notes were sought more eagerly than the legal tenders, since the former were receivable for import duties. 1956 Jrnl. Finance 11 521 Our money has three qualities conferred on it by the law, namely, legal tender, lawful money, and money receivable for specified purposes. 1994 Federal Reserve Bank N.Y. Q. Rev. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 Its demand notes were made receivable in all payments to the government. d. Of a broadcasting signal or station: that can be received by a receiving device or by an audience. ΚΠ 1914 Science 9 Jan. 50/2 Perhaps these [thought] waves, being not of physical but of mental origin, may be receivable..only by mental apparatus.] 1925 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Sept. m5/5 Naval signals must be receivable everywhere they will carry to be used as an efficient and reliable means of communication. 1930 Sci. Monthly Apr. 337/1 Stations not normally receivable under given conditions come in strong while others ordinarily easy to get become impossible. 1988 H. A. Klein Sci. Measurem. xvi. 167 The problem existed of providing some kind of receivable signal that should beat time in true atomic seconds. 2000 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 6 Jan. b1 Some New Orleans stations next year should be offering some high-definition programming that will be receivable with the good old standby outdoor antenna. †2. Capable of receiving; receptive of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of receiving receivablea1382 receptive1547 receptible1616 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective] understandablea1382 understandinga1382 intellectivea1475 witted1528 receivable1548 intellectible1557 intelligenced1596 recipient1610 intelligential1646 susceptible1646 apprehending1656 open1672 intellected1791 receptive1817 the world > space > [adjective] > roomy > able to accommodate specific number of persons receivable1548 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. iv. 14 Þei sholyn putte wiþ hit alle þe vessels þe whiche þei vsyn in þe seruyse of hit þat is þe reseyuable þynges [a1425 Corpus Oxf. 4 resseyuable thinges; a1425 L.V. ressettis; L. receptacula] of furys, flesch hokys & brandyrys. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 163 (MED) Bernard seiþ þe spirit þat is reseyuable bitokeneþ sesinge of synne. ?1536 tr. Erasmus Serm. Chylde Jesus ii. sig. A.vii He formed [vs] to his owne lykenes, that is to wyte, receyuable of the highe ioy. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ii. f. 15^v The feastes of the Iewes bee small, and receiuable but of fewe persones. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark viii. 50 b Crying ofte..that his audience is not receyuable of so high misteries. 1701 L. Smith Evid. Things not Seen i. 9 How comes it to pass..that Men have been so easily receivable of these vain Terrours? 1887 M. Burt Browning's Women 198 The susceptible, receivable, teachable quality in woman or in man. B. n. In plural. Things that may be received or accepted; spec. (short-term) debts owed to a business, esp. regarded as assets. Cf. payables n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > other types of debt crown debt1641 debt of honour1646 oblata1658 judgment debt1702 bond-debt1707 rumple1746 contingent liability1798 overdraft1812 current liability1832 receivable1836 minority debt1897 negative equity1946 eligible liability1971 1836 D. Webster Specie Circular 21 Dec. in Wks. (1858) 277 Has any Secretary presumed to strike foreign coin, or treasury-notes, or our own coin, out of the list of receivables? 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends xxii. 231 When I went home..we had only nineteen thousand in bank. I had exhausted all our receivables. 1897 Amer. Law Reg. & Rev. 45 198 The notes were given to remove a doubt as to the character of some of the receivables of the bank, and to make the bank unquestionably solvent. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Sept. 19/1 A move to..take care of a steadily expanding volume of receivables acquired. 1978 Daily Tel. 21 Mar. 3 (advt.) The HP 3000 will run your payroll, process invoices, print out receivables and take care of general ledger work. 1997 Calif. Lawyer July 92/3 Top dollar paid for..Law firm receivables. Derivatives receivaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > ability to be received receivability1795 1795 Pennsylvania State Trials: F. Hopkinson & J. Nicholson I. 346 The receivability of the cerificates in the Land-office was common to almost all kinds of Continental certificates. 1834 Reg. Deb. Congress U.S. 2 Jan. 128 The receivability of the notes of the bank, in payment of all public dues, gave [the United States] another interest in the circulation and general management of the institution. 1995 Accountancy Nov. 122/2 He argued that, as he had instructed the DSS to pay his pension into his wife's private bank account, he had received nothing—‘receivability without receipt is nothing’. † receivableness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > a containing space > capacity receivablenessc1443 capacity1481 content1491 receipt1565 continenta1608 capability1616 receptibility1651 gauge1655 reception1667 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > understanding, comprehension > state of comprehension1597 comprehense1604 receptivenessa1651 receivableness1654 recipiency1850 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 22 (MED) In caas þat myche mater..schal passe þe capacite and þe receyuablenes of ful manye persoonys in þe layfe..summe extractis..be maad into smaler bokis..meete to ech mannys mesure of receyvablenesse. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Capacité, capacitie or receyuablenesse. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 352 Exuberances of Fancy, or Desires, [which] various Reading might imprint on such waxy Molds, or tender Receivablenesse. 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