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invoice

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈɪnˌvɔɪs//

A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

noun

  1. 1

    A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

    I've already rendered the invoices for payment.

  2. 2

    The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.

    The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

  3. 3

    The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.

  4. 4

    A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French envois pl, plural of envoi, from the verb envoyer (“to send”). See also envoy.

verb

  1. 1

    To bill; to issue an invoice to.

    I will invoice my supplier tomorrow.

  2. 2

    To make an invoice for (goods or services).

Forms

plural
invoices
past tense
invoiced
past participle
invoiced
present participle
invoicing
third person singular
invoices
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