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Debit (decrease) Accounts Payable and then credit (decrease) cash. Accounts receivables are the money that is owed to a business, accounts parables are the invoices or bills that a company has incurred and must pay to their vendors or suppliers. A/R Accounts.the accounts payable account is on the general ledger and is generally comprised of many smaller vendor accounts which are listed and tracked separately in the "accounts payable subsidiary ledger."

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