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in·voice

   [in-vois] 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.
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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.

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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; variant of invoyes, plural of obsolete invoy, variant of envoy1

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un·in·voiced, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • Ninety dollars paid so far, not counting the current invoice.
  • Edmunds offers little more than the manufacturers' sticker and factory invoice prices.
  • Invoice participants for miles traveled on a weekly or biweekly basis.
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invoice (ˈɪnvɔɪs)
 
—n
1.  a document issued by a seller to a buyer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
 
—vb
2.  (tr)
 a.  to present (a customer) with an invoice
 b.  to list (merchandise sold) on an invoice
 
[C16: from earlier invoyes, from Old French envois, plural of envoi message; see envoy1]

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invoice
1560, from M.Fr. envois, pl. of envoi "dispatch (of goods)," lit. "a sending," from envoyer "to send" (see envoy).
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