🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

売掛金

Pronunciation / Transliteration: urikakekin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Receivables/rɪˈsiː.və.bəlz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"新製品の発売後、会社の売掛金が大幅に増加しました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Amounts of money owed to a company by its customers for goods or services delivered.

    "The company's receivables increased significantly after the launch of their new product line."
  2. 2

    Financial assets that represent a claim for payment.

    "Investors often analyze receivables to assess a company's liquidity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'receivables' originates from the verb 'receive', which comes from the Latin 'recipere', meaning 'to take back'. The evolution of the term in financial contexts refers to amounts owed to a company by its customers, reflecting the growth of commerce and accounting practices from the Middle Ages onward.

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