Standard Lemma guide

invoice

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I've already rendered the invoices for payment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shipment

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: generally of a vehicle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Taiwan

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To bill; to issue an invoice to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I will invoice my supplier tomorrow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To make an invoice for (goods or services).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he paid his bill and left
  • send me an account of what I owe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bill, account

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement, financial statement

Narrower terms: electric bill, hotel bill, medical bill, doctor's bill, phone bill, telephone bill, reckoning, tally, tax bill, check, chit, tab

8

verb

Meaning 8

send an bill to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She invoiced the company for her expenses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: charge, bill

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: faturë — bill
  • Arabic: فَاتُورَة (fātūra) — bill
  • Arabic: فاتورة (fātūra) — bill
  • Arabic: حساب (ḥsāb) — bill
  • Armenian: հաշիվ-ապրանքագիր (hašiv-aprankʻagir) — bill
  • Armenian: հաշիվ (hašiv) — bill
  • Armenian: ինվոյս (invoys) — bill
  • Basque: faktura — bill
  • Basque: albaran — bill
  • Belarusian: раху́нак-факту́ра (raxúnak-faktúra) — bill
  • Belarusian: інво́йс (invójs) — bill
  • Belarusian: факту́ра (faktúra) — bill
  • Belarusian: раху́нак (raxúnak) — bill
  • Bulgarian: факту́ра (faktúra) — bill
  • Burmese: ကုန်ပို့လွှာ (kunpui.hlwa) — bill
  • Catalan: factura — bill
  • Catalan: albarà — bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發票 /发票 (fāpiào) — bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發單 /发单 (fādān) — bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收費明細 /收费明细 (shōufèi míngxì) — bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 費用清單 /费用清单 (fèiyong qīngdān) — bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收據 /收据 (shōujù) — bill
  • Czech: faktura — bill
  • Danish: regning — bill
  • Dutch: factuur — bill
  • Dutch: rekening — bill
  • Esperanto: fakturo — bill
  • Estonian: arve — bill
  • Finnish: lasku — bill
  • French: facture — bill
  • Galician: factura — bill
  • Galician: albará — bill
  • Georgian: ინვოისი (invoisi) — bill
  • German: Rechnung — bill
  • German: Faktura — bill
  • German: Rächnig — bill
  • Greek: τιμολόγιο (timológio) — bill
  • Greek: λογαριασμός (logariasmós) — bill
  • Hebrew: חֶשְׁבּוֹן (kheshbón) — bill
  • Hindi: इनवॉइस (invŏis) — bill
  • Hindi: बीजक (bījak) — bill
  • Hungarian: számla — bill
  • Ido: fakturo — bill
  • Indonesian: tagihan — bill
  • Indonesian: faktur — bill
  • Irish: sonrasc — bill
  • Italian: fattura — bill
  • Japanese: 送り状 (okurijō) — bill
  • Japanese: インボイス (inboisu) — bill
  • Kazakh: есепшот фактура (esepşot faktura) — bill
  • Khmer: វិក្កយបត្រ (vikkaʼyĕəʼbat) — bill
  • Korean: 송장 (songjang) — bill
  • Korean: 인보이스 (inboiseu) — bill
  • Korean: 계산서 (gyesanseo) — bill
  • Central Kurdish: بارنامە (barname) — bill
  • Lao: ໃບເກັບເງິນ (bai kep ngœn) — bill
  • Latvian: rēķins — bill
  • Latvian: fraktūra — bill
  • Lithuanian: sąskaita — bill
  • Lithuanian: sąskaita faktūra — bill
  • Lithuanian: faktūra — bill
  • Macedonian: фактура (faktura) — bill
  • Malay: bil — bill
  • Malay: invois — bill
  • Malay: tagihan — bill
  • Norwegian Bokmål: faktura — bill
  • Iranian Persian: فاکْتور (fâktur) — bill
  • Iranian Persian: حِساب (hesâb) — bill
  • Plautdietsch: Woaräakjnunk — bill
  • Polish: faktura — bill
  • Portuguese: fatura — bill
  • Portuguese: guia de remessa — bill
  • Punjabi: ਬੀਚਕ (bīcak) — bill
  • Romanian: factură — bill
  • Russian: инво́йс (invójs) — bill
  • Russian: счёт-факту́ра (sčot-faktúra) — bill
  • Russian: накладна́я (nakladnája) — bill
  • Russian: счёт (sčot) — bill
  • Russian: факту́ра (faktúra) — bill
  • Serbo-Croatian: факту́ра — bill
  • Serbo-Croatian: faktúra — bill
  • Slovak: faktúra — bill
  • Slovene: faktura — bill
  • Spanish: albarán — bill
  • Spanish: factura — bill
  • Spanish: cargareme — bill
  • Swedish: faktura — bill
  • Swedish: räkning — bill
  • Thai: อินวอยซ์ — bill
  • Thai: ใบแจ้งหนี้ (bai-jɛ̂ɛng-nîi) — bill
  • Thai: ใบเก็บเงิน (bai-gèp-ngən) — bill
  • Turkish: fatura — bill
  • Ukrainian: раху́нок-факту́ра (raxúnok-faktúra) — bill
  • Ukrainian: інво́йс (invójs) — bill
  • Ukrainian: факту́ра (faktúra) — bill
  • Ukrainian: раху́нок (raxúnok) — bill
  • Ukrainian: накладна́ (nakladná) — bill
  • Urdu: بِیجَک (bījak) — bill
  • Vietnamese: hóa đơn — bill
  • Welsh: afoneb — bill
  • Dutch: partij — lot or set of goods
  • Dutch: partij goederen — lot or set of goods
  • Finnish: lähetys — lot or set of goods
  • Russian: па́ртия (pártija) — lot or set of goods
  • Russian: поста́вка (postávka) — lot or set of goods
  • Russian: груз (gruz) — lot or set of goods
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 發票 /发票 (huák-piéu) — Taiwan taxation invoice
  • Hakka Chinese: 發票 /发票 (fat-phêu) — Taiwan taxation invoice
  • Chinese: 發票 /发票 (hoat-phiò) — Taiwan taxation invoice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發票 /发票 (fāpiào) — Taiwan taxation invoice
  • Bulgarian: фактурирам (fakturiram) — to bill
  • Catalan: facturar — to bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寄送發票 — to bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寄送发票 (jìsòng fāpiào) — to bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發貨單 — to bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 发货单 (fā huòdān) — to bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開發票 — to bill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 开发票 (kāi fāpiào) — to bill
  • Czech: fakturovat — to bill
  • Danish: fakturere — to bill
  • Danish: sende en regning — to bill
  • Dutch: factureren — to bill
  • Dutch: in rekening brengen — to bill
  • Esperanto: fakturi — to bill
  • Finnish: laskuttaa — to bill
  • French: facturer — to bill
  • Galician: facturar — to bill
  • German: fakturieren — to bill
  • Ido: enfakturigar — to bill
  • Italian: fatturare — to bill
  • Portuguese: faturar — to bill
  • Portuguese: cobrar — to bill
  • Romanian: factura — to bill
  • Russian: выставить счёт (vystavitʹ sčot) — to bill
  • Spanish: facturar — to bill
  • Swedish: fakturera — to bill
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