Definition for : Payment term

Designates the number of days given by a trade creditor to a Debtor for it to discharge its Debt. The average payment term on a Trade receivables portfolio is contractually the average (weighted by the invoices' unitary values) number of days given by the company to its clients.

(See Chapter 11 Working capital and capital expenditures of the Vernimmen)

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