invoice

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invoice

  • /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/

Where it comes from

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

noun invoices

  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. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received. The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

    Similar: shipment

  3. The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.
  4. Taiwan A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket.

verb invoices · invoicing · invoiced

  1. transitive To bill; to issue an invoice to. I will invoice my supplier tomorrow.
  2. transitive To make an invoice for (goods or services).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: account, bill, turnover, price, charge, cost, payment, billing, receipt, check-in, billable, inv, haunt, charging, toll, craftsmanship

Translations

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noun Taiwan taxation invoice

中文發票 /发票 fāpiào

noun bill

Españolalbarán, factura, cargareme
한국어송장 songjang, 인보이스 inboiseu, 계산서 gyesanseo
日本語送り状 okurijō, インボイス inboisu
中文發票 /发票 fāpiào, 發單 /发单 fādān, 收費明細 /收费明细 shōufèi míngxì, 費用清單 /费用清单 fèiyong qīngdān, 收據 /收据 shōujù
हिन्दीइनवॉइस invŏis, बीजक bījak
Portuguêsfatura, guia de remessa
Françaisfacture
DeutschRechnung, Faktura
Italianofattura
Ελληνικάτιμολόγιο timológio, λογαριασμός logariasmós
Românăfactură
Русскийинво́йс invójs, счёт-факту́ра sčot-faktúra, накладна́я nakladnája, счёт sčot, факту́ра faktúra
Tiếng Việthóa đơn
العربيةفَاتُورَة fātūra
עבריתחֶשְׁבּוֹן kheshbón

noun lot or set of goods

Русскийпа́ртия pártija, поста́вка postávka, груз gruz

verb to bill

Españolfacturar
中文寄送發票, 寄送发票 jìsòng fāpiào, 發貨單, 发货单 fā huòdān, 開發票, 开发票 kāi fāpiào
Portuguêsfaturar, cobrar
Françaisfacturer
Deutschfakturieren
Italianofatturare
Românăfactura
Русскийвыставить счёт vystavitʹ sčot

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@misc{invoice_2026,
  title = {invoice},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/invoice},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}