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[[Account payable]] (alternatively known as [[A/P]] or, simply, [[payable]]; hereinafter, the ''Account'') is any unpaid balance such as unpaid supplier invoices and bills that the [[legal entity]] owes to its vendors. In other words, any [[account payable]] represent some amounts owed by a [[legal entity]] to its [[creditor]]s that result particularly from the purchase of goods or services on account.
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[[Account payable]] (alternatively known as [[A/P]] or, simply, [[payable]]; hereinafter, the ''Account'') is any unpaid balance such as unpaid supplier invoices and bills that the [[legal entity]] owes to its vendors. In other words, any ''Account'' represents some amounts owed by a [[legal entity]] to its [[creditor]]s. That debt can emerge, for instance, from the purchase of goods or services on account.
  
 
Any bill that is due to be paid now or will be due in some future is called a [[payable]]. Special [[financial account]]s such as [[Accounts Payable]] include the complete list of the ''Accounts''. Once a bill is paid it is removed (or [[debit]]ed) from [[Accounts Payable]]. [[Accounts Payable]] are a part of the [[Liabilities]].
 
Any bill that is due to be paid now or will be due in some future is called a [[payable]]. Special [[financial account]]s such as [[Accounts Payable]] include the complete list of the ''Accounts''. Once a bill is paid it is removed (or [[debit]]ed) from [[Accounts Payable]]. [[Accounts Payable]] are a part of the [[Liabilities]].

Revision as of 19:38, 17 December 2018

Account payable (alternatively known as A/P or, simply, payable; hereinafter, the Account) is any unpaid balance such as unpaid supplier invoices and bills that the legal entity owes to its vendors. In other words, any Account represents some amounts owed by a legal entity to its creditors. That debt can emerge, for instance, from the purchase of goods or services on account.

Any bill that is due to be paid now or will be due in some future is called a payable. Special financial accounts such as Accounts Payable include the complete list of the Accounts. Once a bill is paid it is removed (or debited) from Accounts Payable. Accounts Payable are a part of the Liabilities.


Definitions

According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Accounts payable. Amounts owed to creditors that result from the purchase of goods or services on account -- a liability.

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