Account payable and Payables

Account payable noun - A liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit.

Payables is a synonym for account payable. In some cases you can replace term "Payables" with "Account payable", this terms are similar.

Payables noun - Money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts.

Account payable is a synonym for payables. You can use "Account payable" instead a noun "Payables".