Invoice vs. Bill

Invoice vs. Bill — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Invoice and Bill

Invoicenoun

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.

Billnoun

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

Invoicenoun

The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.

The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

Billnoun

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

Invoicenoun

(generally of a vehicle) The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.

Billnoun

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

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Invoiceverb

(transitive) To bill; to issue an invoice to.

I will invoice my supplier tomorrow.

Billnoun

A pickaxe, or mattock.

Invoiceverb

(transitive) To make an invoice for (goods or services).

Billnoun

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

Invoicenoun

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

he paid his bill and leftsend me an account of what I owe

Billnoun

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

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Invoiceverb

send an bill to;

She invoiced the company for her expenses

Billnoun

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

Billnoun

Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

Billnoun

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

Billnoun

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

Billnoun

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

Billnoun

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

Billnoun

(US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.

Billnoun

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

Billnoun

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

Billnoun

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. A bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

Billnoun

A set of items presented together.

Billverb

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

Billverb

(obsolete) To peck.

Billverb

To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.

Billverb

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

Billverb

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

Billnoun

a statute in draft before it becomes law;

they held a public hearing on the bill

Billnoun

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

he paid his bill and leftsend me an account of what I owe

Billnoun

a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

Billnoun

the entertainment offered at a public presentation

Billnoun

a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

Billnoun

an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

he mailed the circular to all subscribers

Billnoun

horny projecting mouth of a bird

Billnoun

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

a poster advertised the coming attractions

Billnoun

a long-handled saw with a curved blade;

he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree

Billnoun

a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead

Billverb

demand payment;

Will I get charged for this service?We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights

Billverb

advertise especially by posters or placards;

He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso

Billverb

publicize or announce by placards