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credit note

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: accounting, business, finance

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: dobropis — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • Dutch: creditnota — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • Finnish: hyvitysilmoitus — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • Finnish: hyvityslasku — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • French: note de crédit — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • German: Gutschrift — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • Irish: nóta sochair — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • Italian: nota di credito — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
  • Polish: nota kredytowa — commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice