bills payable

基本解释

Charges for water, elctricity , gas , telephone and cable TV are payable by -monthly to the relative bureau according to bills received.
租赁期内之水,电,煤气费,电话费及有线电视费等.每月根据实际用量结算,由__方按单缴付.
Collections should not contain bills of exchange payable at a future date with instructions that commercial documents are to be delivered against payment.
如果托收包含有远期付款的汇票，则其指示不应要求付款才交付商业单据。
The difference is that accounts payable are for bills the company receives from other businesses. And accrued expenses are accounting entries a company makes in anticipation of being billed.
差别在于，应付账款是公司从其他企业处收取的账单，而应计费用则是公司预计即将收取账单而建立的会计分录。

You calculate cash flow from ops, roughly speaking, this way: add to net income any noncash charges (such as for depreciation or an allowance for future tax bills), then add favorable changes in such balance sheet items as accounts payable and accounts receivable.
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