invoice

invoice

See also: in voice

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

invoice (plural 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.
2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.

   The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

   Synonym: shipment

3. (generally of a vehicle) The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.

Related terms

• (price a seller pays): sticker price, list price

Translations

bill

Albanian: faturë (sq) f Arabic: فَاتُورَة‎ f (fātūra) Gulf Arabic: فاتورة‎ f (fātūra), حساب‎ m (ḥsāb) Armenian: հաշիվ-ապրանքագիր (hy) (hašiv-aprankʿagir), հաշիվ (hy) (hašiv), ինվոյս (invoys) Basque: faktura sg, albaran sg Belarusian: раху́нак-факту́ра m (raxúnak-faktúra), інво́йс m (invójs), факту́ра f (faktúra), раху́нак m (raxúnak) Bulgarian: факту́ра (bg) f (faktúra) Burmese: ကုန်ပို့လွှာ (my) (kunpui.hlwa) Catalan: factura f, albarà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 發票／发票 (zh) (fāpiào), 發單／发单 (zh) (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 (zh) (shōujù) Czech: faktura (cs) f Danish: regning (da) c Dutch: factuur (nl) f, rekening (nl) f Esperanto: fakturo (eo) Estonian: arve (et) Finnish: lasku (fi) French: facture (fr) f Galician: factura f, albará (gl) m Georgian: ინვოისი (invoisi) German: Rechnung (de) f, Faktura f Greek: τιμολόγιο (el) n (timológio), λογαριασμός (el) m (logariasmós) Hebrew: חֶשְׁבּוֹן‎ (he) m (kheshbón) Hindi: इनवॉइस (invŏis), बीजक (hi) (bījak) Hungarian: számla (hu) Ido: fakturo (io) Indonesian: faktur (id), invois (id) Irish: sonrasc m Italian: fattura (it) f Japanese: 送り状 (おくりじょう, okurijō), インボイス (inboisu) Kazakh: есепшот фактура (esepşot faktura) Khmer: វិក្កយបត្រ (km) (vɨkkaʼyĕəʼbat) Korean: 송장(送狀) (songjang), 인보이스 (inboiseu), 계산서(計算書) (gyesanseo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بارنامە‎ (ku) (barname) Lao: ໃບເກັບເງິນ (bai kep ngœn) Latvian: rēķins m, fraktūra (lv) f Lithuanian: sąskaita (lt) f, sąskaita faktūra f, faktūra f Malay: bil, invois, tagihan Norwegian: Bokmål: faktura (no) m Persian: فاکتور‎ (fa) (fâktur) Plautdietsch: Woaräakjnunk f Polish: faktura (pl) f Portuguese: fatura (pt) f, guia de remessa f Romanian: factură (ro) f Russian: инво́йс (ru) m (invójs), счёт-факту́ра (ru) m (sčót-faktúra), накладна́я (ru) f (nakladnája) (also: consignment, bill of lading, waybill), счёт (ru) m (sčot), факту́ра (ru) f (faktúra) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: факту́ра f Roman: faktúra (sh) f Slovak: faktúra f Slovene: faktura f Spanish: albarán (es) m, factura (es) f Swedish: faktura (sv) c, räkning (sv) c Thai: อินวอยซ์, ใบแจ้งหนี้ (bai-jɛ̂ɛng-nîi), ใบเก็บเงิน (bai-gèp-ngən) Turkish: fatura (tr) Ukrainian: раху́нок-факту́ра m (raxúnok-faktúra), інво́йс f (invójs), факту́ра f (faktúra), раху́нок m (raxúnok), накладна́ f (nakladná) Vietnamese: hóa đơn (vi) Welsh: afoneb f

lot or set of goods

Dutch: partij (nl), partij goederen Finnish: lähetys (fi) Russian: па́ртия (ru) f (pártija), поста́вка (ru) f (postávka), груз (ru) m (gruz)

Verb

invoice (third-person singular simple present invoices, present participle invoicing, simple past and past participle 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).

Translations

to bill

Bulgarian: фактурирам (fakturiram) Chinese: Mandarin: (to send bill) 寄送發票, 寄送发票 (jìsòng fāpiào), (to issue bill) 發貨單, 发货单 (fā huòdān), (to write up bill) 開發票, 开发票 (kāi fāpiào) Czech: fakturovat (cs) Danish: fakturere, sende en regning Dutch: factureren (nl), in rekening brengen Esperanto: fakturi Finnish: laskuttaa (fi) French: facturer (fr) Galician: facturar (gl) f Ido: enfakturigar (io) Italian: fatturare (it) Portuguese: faturar (pt), cobrar (pt) Romanian: factura (ro) Russian: выставить счёт pf (vystavitʹ sčót) Spanish: facturar (es) Swedish: fakturera (sv)