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Accounts Payable

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Definition: Accounts Payable is the monies the company owes for goods or services received, but not yet paid for.
Also Known As: A/P
Examples:
Our Accounts Payable includes an invoice from ABC company for that shipment of sprockets that arrived this morning from their New Haven plant.

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