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There is an ADA account, however ADA stands for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, you use the term "undoubtful". Unless you mean "doubtful" accounts there are no terms for undoubtful ones, undoubtful meaning "having no doubt".

ADA is the account used by a company in which they usually allow a certain percentage of sales to cover those accounts they don't expect to receive payment for. In other words people who order on credit and then don't pay.

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