Phrase guide

purchase order

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A commercial order issued by a buyer (purchaser) to a seller, and the document that defines it, indicating the type, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PO

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: order, document

2

noun

Meaning 2

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • IBM received an order for a hundred computers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: order

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial document, commercial instrument

Narrower terms: credit order, bill-me order, indent, market order, production order, reorder, stop order, stop-loss order, stop payment, mail order

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 採購訂單 /采购订单 (cǎigòu dìngdān) — commercial document
  • Dutch: inkooporder — commercial document
  • Dutch: bestelbon — commercial document
  • Finnish: hankintatilaus — commercial document
  • Finnish: ostomääräys — commercial document
  • Finnish: hankintamääräys — commercial document
  • French: bon de commande — commercial document
  • Georgian: შესყიდვის შეკვეთა (šesq̇idvis šeḳveta) — commercial document
  • Georgian: შეკვეთა შესყიდვაზე (šeḳveta šesq̇idvaze) — commercial document
  • German: Bestellung — commercial document
  • Hungarian: megrendelés — commercial document
  • Italian: ordine di acquisto — commercial document
  • Polish: zamówienie — commercial document
  • Russian: зака́з на поку́пку (zakáz na pokúpku) — commercial document
  • Spanish: orden de compra — commercial document
  • Tagalog: pamiling pabilin — commercial document