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invoice

invoice

50 3.3
A paper or online list showing products and the amount to pay
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌvoɪs/
translation icon : factura
  • But the price listed on your invoice did a lot to convince them.
  • pay invoices
  • unpaid invoices
  • send invoices

So if it's a rental property and say you had the AC repaired, well, you would have an invoice with the property address and what happened.

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Examples

  • I found the invoices for the job, the drawings, and my dad sketched it all out.

  • The need for paper invoices for an audit trail has not changed.

    Academic text (2015)
  • You can see when the client has seen the invoice and put an end to that.

  • On my invoice, this was the only plant that they left any instructions about.

  • I will have my office send a report and my invoice.

  • I'll send you an invoice.

  • One of our clients found out that they paid hundreds of millions worth of invoices twice.

  • Altman signed an invoice that week for miscellaneous equipment.

  • In fact, all those invoices, the checks we wrote and the Ledger, absolutely right.

  • I received an invoice for the furniture I ordered last week, detailing the total amount due.

Synonyms

bill
vsinvoice
1.0

A paper telling you how much you must pay

is a more detailed statement listing items and the amount due
reckoning
vsinvoice
  • Archaic
1 7.7

A bill showing the money you must pay for food or services

lists goods supplied or services rendered with the amount due
facture
vsinvoice
  • Archaic
9.9

A bill that lists goods or services and shows how much to pay

has identical meaning but uses a different term

How Detailed

invoice
50 3.3
account statement
  • Specialized
2 2.6
to receipt
  • Formal
7.8

Surface Forms

invoice singular
invoices plural

Etymology

Invoice comes from an old French word meaning 'to send', because it was the paper you 'sent' to ask for payment. This is the same root as the English word envoy, a person who is 'sent', so an invoice is a bill that lists what is due.