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