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Share This in·voice Audio Help / ˈɪn / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ in -vois] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -voiced, -voic·ing. –noun 1. an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
2. the merchandise or shipment itself.
–verb (used with object) 3. to present an invoice to: The manufacturer invoiced our company for two typewriters.
4. to present an invoice for: five chairs invoiced and shipped last month.
–verb (used without object) 5. to prepare or submit an invoice.
6. to have a value if or when inventoried: The merchandise in stock invoiced far more than we expected.
[Origin:
1550–60; var. of
invoyes, pl. of obs.
invoy, var. of
envoy 1 ]
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A detailed list of goods shipped or services rendered, with an account of all costs; an itemized bill.
The goods or services itemized in an invoice.
in·voiced , in·voic·ing , in·voic·es
To make an invoice of (goods or services).
To send an invoice to; bill.
invoyes , pl. of invoy , invoice , from French envoi , a sending, shipment , from envoyer , to send ; see envoy 1 .]
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1560, from M.Fr.
envois, pl. of
envoi "dispatch (of goods)," lit. "a sending," from
envoyer "to send" (see
envoy ).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Share This invoice noun 1. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" [syn: bill ] verb 1. send an bill to; "She invoiced the company for her expenses"
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Share This invoice [ˈinvois] noun
a list sent with goods giving details of price and quantity
Arabic: فاتورَه، قائِمَة الحِساب Chinese (Simplified): 发货清单 Chinese (Traditional): 發貨清單 Czech: účet, faktura Danish: faktura Dutch: factuur Estonian: arve Finnish: lasku French: facture German: die Warenrechnung Greek: τιμολόγιο Hungarian: számla Icelandic: vörureikningur Indonesian: faktur Italian: fattura
Japanese: 送り状 Korean: 송장 Latvian: faktūrrēķins; pavadzīme Lithuanian: sąskaita faktūra Norwegian: faktura Polish: faktura Portuguese (Brazil): fatura Portuguese (Portugal): factura Romanian: factură Russian: счёт-фактура Slovak: faktúra, účet Slovenian: faktura Spanish: factura Swedish: faktura Turkish: fatura
invoice [ˈinvois] verb
Example:
They invoiced us for the cost of the shipment.
Arabic: يُحَرِّرُ فاتورَة الحِساب Chinese (Simplified): 开发票 Chinese (Traditional): 開發票 Czech: fakturovat Danish: fakturere Estonian: arvet tegema, arvet esitama Greek: στέλνω τιμολόγιο σε κπ. Hungarian: számlát küld (vkinek) Indonesian: mengirimkan faktur Italian: fatturare
Latvian: sagatavot, *nosūtīt faktūrrēķinu, pavadzīmi Lithuanian: pateikti (kam) sàskaità Norwegian: fakturere; sende faktura Polish: wystawić fakturę Russian: выписывать счёт-фактуру Slovak: fakturovať, účtovať Slovenian: poslati račun Spanish: facturar, pasar factura Swedish: fakturera Turkish: fatura etmek
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En"voy\, n. [F. envoy['e] envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See
Voyage , and cf.
Invoice .]
1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.
2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.
The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth. --Skeat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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In"voice`\, n. [F. envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things sent, fr. envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. See
Envoy .]
1. (Com.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. --Wharton.
2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
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