将Receivable 和Payable 两个词稍加比较，不难发现它们后面的四个字母相同，都有-able ，这是英语词汇构成的后缀之一。这个词缀紧接在动词之后，使动词变成形容词，表示“能够…、适于…、可…、应…”。Receive（收到、接受）加上- able 成为receivable，其意义也相应成为“能收的、应收的”；同样pay（付款、支付）加上-able 也相应成为“应付的”。这里要特别提到的是，动词后缀有-able 所形成的形容词，和一般形容词不同，在修饰名词时，它不在名词之前而在名词之后。例如accounts receivable（应收帐款）、accounts payable （应付帐款）、notes receivable（应收票据）、notes payable（应付票据）。下面举出几个句子来操练一下这几个会计词汇：

　　1、A business with many credit customers would set up the general ledger Accounts Receivable account for all credit customers and a separate account for each credit customer.

　　有很多赊购客户的企业应设置一个应收帐款总分类帐户，登记所有赊购客户欠的货款，并为每个赊购客户设置一个明细帐户。

　　2、Accounts Receivable are often classified as current assets.

　　应收帐款通常归入流动资产。

　　3、Accounts receivable arise when a business sells goods and service on credit.

　　当企业以赊帐方式销售产品或提供服务时，就产生应收帐款。

　　4、A promissory note is regarded as notes receivable for the payee and notes payable for the maker.

　　本票对受款人来说是应收票据，对出票人来说则是应付票据。

　　5、Notes receivable which can be collected and converted into cash during next accounting year or operating cycle are classified as current assets and are recorded at face value.

　　能在下一个会计年度或下一个经营周期收回和转换成现金的应收票据，归入流动资产，并按面值入帐。

　　6、Accounts payable and notes payable are typical example of current liabilities.

　　应付帐款和应付票据是流动负债的典型例子。

　　7、As stated above, accounts payable and notes payable are usually created by a company's economic activities, such as purchases of merchandise and services received in the normal course of business.

　　如前所述，应付帐款和应付票据通常产生于企业的经营活动，例如在正常经营过程中的赊帐购买商品和接受服务。

　　Prepaid（预付的） 这个词和前面的Pay 关系非常密切,实际上就是在pay 的过去分词paid 前加上一个前缀pre-，这个前缀表示“前、预先”之意，合起来就是“预付的”。例如：

　　8、Assume that a business paid a $1200 premium on April 1 for one year's insurance in advance. This represents an increase in one asset (prepaid expense) and a decrease in another asset (cash). Thus, the entry would be :

　　Dr. Prepaid Expenses—Prepaid Insurance   $1200

　　Cr. Cash                              $1200

　　假设，一个公司4月1日支付了1200美圆的保险费预付一年的保险费。这意味着一种资产（预付费用）的增加，另一种资产（现金）的减少。因此，会计分录应为：

　　借：预付费用—预付保险费   1200美圆

　　贷：现金                   1200美圆

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