invoice

[ in-vois ]

/ ˈɪn vɔɪs /

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noun

an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.

the merchandise or shipment itself.

verb (used with object), in·voiced, in·voic·ing.

to present an invoice to: The manufacturer invoiced our company for two typewriters.

to present an invoice for: five chairs invoiced and shipped last month.

verb (used without object), in·voiced, in·voic·ing.

to prepare or submit an invoice.

to have a value if or when inventoried: The merchandise in stock invoiced far more than we expected.

Origin of invoice

1550–60; variant of invoyes, plural of obsolete invoy, variant of envoy¹

OTHER WORDS FROM invoice

un·in·voiced, adjective

Words nearby invoice

invite, invitee, inviting, invocate, invocation, invoice, invoke, involucel, involucrate, involucre, involucrum

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In one case, money was paid in cash to a contractor who used a fictitious company name on the invoice.

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An April 1999 invoice lists a “2nd installment” of $175,000.

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An invoice for $100,000 from March 1999 is described as, “Honoraria—Dr. Drew Pinsky/1st Installment.”

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"We were told to submit our first invoice after the first week and then every two weeks after that," says Vrondran.

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Then a few weeks later he mailed me an invoice for about $2,000 worth of chocolate.

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Sarah had gone down into the counting-house, and obtained the invoice which the senior clerk had torn up.

Jacob Faithful |Captain Frederick Marryat
Seven hundred of them stood to arms, this morning; some sixty-five will get back to Troppau; that is the invoice account.

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A month later, I discovered, among the ashes in the drawing-room fireplace, the torn half of an English invoice.

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He had to make the first payment on the invoice of that bankrupt stock.

In a Little Town |Rupert Hughes
For example: on my invoice there are 62 boxes or barrels of tinned iron.

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British Dictionary definitions for invoice

invoice

/ (ˈɪnvɔɪs) /

noun

a document issued by a seller to a buyer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due

verb

(tr)

to present (a customer) with an invoice
to list (merchandise sold) on an invoice

Word Origin for invoice

C16: from earlier invoyes, from Old French envois, plural of envoi message; see envoy 1

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invoice

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verb (used with object), in·voiced, in·voic·ing.

verb (used without object), in·voiced, in·voic·ing.

Origin of invoice

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invoice

noun

verb (used with object), in·voiced, in·voic·ing.

verb (used without object), in·voiced, in·voic·ing.

Origin of invoice

OTHER WORDS FROM invoice

Words nearby invoice

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