in·voice

noun

/ˈɪnvɔɪs/

a list of goods that have been sold, work that has been done, etc., showing what you must pay发票；（发货或服务）费用清单 synonym bill
- to send/issue/settle an invoice for the goods送出／开具／结清商品费用清单
- an invoice for £250一张 250 英镑的发票
Synonyms bill
billaccount ▪ invoice ▪ checkThese are all words for a record of how much you owe for goods or services you have bought or used.
bill a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of something:
the gas bill煤气费账单
account an arrangement with a shop or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month:
Put it on my account please.请记在我的赊购账上。
invoice (rather formal) a bill for goods that somebody has bought or work that has been done for somebody:
The builders sent an invoice for £250.营造商发出了一张 250 英镑的发票。
bill or invoice?You would get a bill in a restaurant, bar or hotel; from a company that supplies you with gas, electricity, etc; or from somebody whose property you have damaged. An invoice is for goods supplied or work done as agreed between a customer and supplier.
check (North American English) a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant:
Can I have the check, please?请给我结账。
In British English the usual word for this is bill.
Patterns
- the bill/invoice/check for something
- to pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
- to put something on the/somebody’s bill/account/invoice/check
Extra Examples
- The timber merchants sent an invoice for £250.木材商发出了一张250英镑的发票。
- Immediate payment of the outstanding invoices was requested in a letter.一封来函要求立即为未付讫票据付款。
- Payment will be made within 28 days after receipt of the appropriate VAT invoice.收到增值税发票经核对无误后，款项将于 28 天内支付。
- Please pay the final invoice within two weeks.请在两个星期内支付最终发货单所示款项。
- The seller has to issue a tax invoice.销售者必须开具税务发票。
- The shipping costs can be as high as 50% of the invoice value of the goods.运费最高可达货物发票金额的 50%。
Topics Businessc1, Moneyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- outstanding
- unpaid
- paid
- …
verb + invoice
- issue
- raise
- render
- …
invoice + noun
- price
- value
Word Originmid 16th cent.: originally the plural of obsolete invoy, from obsolete French envoy from envoyer ‘send’, from en voie ‘on the way’, based on Latin via ‘way’.

in·voice

verb

/ˈɪnvɔɪs/

(business)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they invoice	/ˈɪnvɔɪs/ /ˈɪnvɔɪs/
he / she / it invoices	/ˈɪnvɔɪsɪz/ /ˈɪnvɔɪsɪz/
past simple invoiced	/ˈɪnvɔɪst/ /ˈɪnvɔɪst/
past participle invoiced	/ˈɪnvɔɪst/ /ˈɪnvɔɪst/
-ing form invoicing	/ˈɪnvɔɪsɪŋ/ /ˈɪnvɔɪsɪŋ/

to write or send somebody a bill for work you have done or goods you have provided开发票（或清单）；发出发票（或清单）
- invoice somebody (for something) You will be invoiced for these items at the end of the month.你将于月底收到这些项目的费用清单。
- invoice something (to somebody/something) Invoice the goods to my account.请把货品的发票开到我的账上。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: originally the plural of obsolete invoy, from obsolete French envoy from envoyer ‘send’, from en voie ‘on the way’, based on Latin via ‘way’.