noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered wordnet
3. 3
   The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.

   "The merchant receives a large invoice of goods."

4. 4
   The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.
5. 5
   A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket. Taiwan

Verb

1. 1
   To bill; to issue an invoice to. transitive

   "I will invoice my supplier tomorrow."

2. 2
   send a bill to wordnet
3. 3
   To make an invoice for (goods or services). transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

billaccountaccountbillbill of accountbill of fare

Antonyms

All antonyms

creditreceipt

Example

More examples

"This is the second mail we send you referring to the invoice No. 1111 which has not been settled."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

commercial invoicee-invoicecharge statementcompany billpayment demandpayment duepayment noticesales recordsticker price

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.