account payable

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account payable

noun accounts payable

A balance due to a creditor on a current account. Until that time, the amount is held as an account payable and added to the current liabilities of your business. When an outstanding expense is paid, the payment amount is subtracted from a cash account and removed from the accounts payable.
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Français	compte fournisseur
Deutsch	Kreditorenkonto

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@misc{account_payable_2026,
  title = {account payable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/account%20payable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}