ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Definition

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (AP) are trade accounts of businesses representing obligations to pay for goods and service received.

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BILL OF MATERIALS (BOM) is a listing of all the assemblies, sub-assemblies, parts, and raw materials that are needed to produce one unit of a finished product. Each finished product has its own bill of materials.

ISSUE, in securities, is stock or bonds sold by a corporation or a government; or, the selling of new securities by a corporation or government through an underwriter or private placement.

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