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Examples of account payable in a Sentence
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Many of the checks were cut from Donald Trump's personal bank account and therefore required his signature, according to Deborah Tarasoff, who is the Trump Organization's accounts payable supervisor.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Deborah Tarasoff, the accounts payable supervisor at the Trump Organization.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 May 2024
The facility’s most-recent financial update states Tri-City had nearly $100 million in accounts payable, a figure that has caused some creditors to sue, seeking to get past invoices paid.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2024
The hospital’s balance sheet lists $97 million in accounts payable, a number that is said to have reached $90 million as of June 30, 2023, nearly one year ago.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
This is helpful for repetitive tasks associated with invoicing, order tracking, credit collections or reconciliations—freeing accounts receivable and accounts payable personnel to focus on more important, strategic initiatives.
—Mark Schwartz, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Bautista, who lives in Temecula, Calif., was hired at Watkins as an accounts payable employee.
—Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
Companies haven’t typically needed to disclose supply-chain financing arrangements, often recording the transactions as accounts payable in their financial statements.
—Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
The platform aims to help companies eliminate the need for manual account payable and accounts receivable processes.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 May 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1812, in the meaning defined above
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“Account payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/account%20payable. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Legal Definition
account payable
noun
account pay·able
-ˈpā-ə-bəl
plural accounts payable
: the balance due to a creditor on a current account
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