# invoice

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/ · frequency rank #20,396

## Definitions
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.
2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.
3. The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.
4. A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket.

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

## Easily confused with
- **invoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invoice-vs-invoke)
- **involve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invoice-vs-involve)
- **invite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invite-vs-invoice)

## Common misspellings (9)
`innvoice`, `inovice`, `invioce`, `invocie`, `invoicce`, `invoiec`, `invvoice`, `ivnoice`, `nivoice`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/invoice