How to Use account payable in a Sentence

account payable

noun
  • Then the next thing to help the restaurants out would be an amnesty of accounts payable and bills.
    — David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The change is due to the timing of payments for accounts payable and taxes.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
  • These obligations could include accounts payable or any short-term debt.
    — Block Advisors Contributor, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • There is command over cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable.
    — Ryan Weissmueller, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • But Williams reviewed eight months of accounts payable records and found more discrepancies.
    — star-telegram, 11 Mar. 2014
  • Marilyn worked as an accounts payable clerk for Travelers for over 38 years.
    — courant.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The decision was due to accounts payable, deficit fund balances and a treasury deficiency.
    — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2019
  • Each does have its own liabilities, such as accounts payable and debt servicing that make available cash lower. Stats Perform, owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, could also be in play.
    — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Vendors will also be anticipating some change in how Saks handles its accounts payable.
    — David Moin, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The second step is to write procurement and accounts payable policies that recognize software as a buying party.
    — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • This is especially evident in accounts payable.
    — Laurent Charpentier, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Among other duties, the auditor manages the county's revenue, accounts payable and payroll.
    — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2018
  • Capital that is tied up in court proceedings or accounts payable is not available to finance productive enterprise.
    — Tony Lima, WSJ, 24 July 2017
  • Procurement operates in one system, accounts payable in another and vendor data lives across a labyrinth of spreadsheets and email threads.
    — Laurent Charpentier, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Under his direction, the store replaced the long accounts payable sheets with computers, but even technology could not balance the books.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2020
  • What happens next is that accounts payable becomes the cleanup department, wasting work hours matching invoices to emails, credit card statements and the like.
    — Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Burgess was responsible for the volunteer department's payroll and accounts payable systems, court records say.
    — Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Sanders later got a job with the company in 1997 and still works there in accounts payable at their Gilbert facility.
    — Douglas C. Towne, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2020
  • In addition to its debt financing, Koenig says Settle layers in software that helps manage tasks such as accounts payable.
    — Richard Collings, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Marty gave love and structure to his children, but accounts payable almost always exceeded accounts receivable.
    — Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
  • The liabilities include accounts payable to related parties, a director loan, and a note payable.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The platform aims to help companies eliminate the need for manual account payable and accounts receivable processes.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • Julia had worked in the accounts payable department for twenty-five years at Strathmore Paper Company.
    — courant.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • In accounts payable, companies including Cherry and Apron have focused on simplifying payouts.
    — Lucinda Shen, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In 2017, Kathman discovered that Gorman had written several checks from his client trust account payable to herself, the opinion says.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 1 July 2021
  • The greatest pain is often felt in accounts payable, but the inefficiency gets factored in much earlier, when employees are spending company money outside of a structured purchasing process.
    — Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Such property can include accounts payable, payroll, checking/savings accounts, gift cards/rebates, utility deposits, stocks/dividends and virtual currencies—just to name a few.
    — Jon D'amato, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • In one of its simplest forms, a business email compromise operator will send an email posing as the chief executive officer to an accounts payable department with an urgent request to transfer funds or fulfill a fake invoice.
    — William Turton, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • But direct phone conversations with accounts payable (AP) teams are incredibly valuable in finding out what’s happening and exploring solutions.
    — Dean Kaplan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • For instance, in accounts payable, bots now ingest and reconcile invoices, while finance staff step in only for anomalies or policy exceptions—freeing up time for vendor negotiations and strategic planning.
    — Dutt Kalluri, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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