Faktura, die dem Käufer einer Ware oder Dienstleistung vom Verkäufer überreichte Mitteilung über Menge, Art, Preis u. Zahlungsbedingungen; in der Regel zugleich Zahlungsaufforderung.
ETYM Old Eng. acount, account, accompt, Old Fren. acont, from aconter. Related to Account, Count.
1. A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; SYN. business relationship.
2. A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;SYN. accounting, account statement.
3. Importance or value.
4. The quality of taking advantage.
5. A record or narrative description of past events
6. A short account of the news
7. Importance or value
8. The act of informing by verbal report
9. The quality of taking advantage
Bill-broker, dealer in bills of exchange. bill of adventure, declaration that merchandise shipped is not property of shipowner, whose liability is limited to safe delivery. bill of costs, solicitor's account of charges. bill of exchange, negotiable order to pay cash on or before certain date. bill of health, statement of health, especially as to infectious diseases, of persons aboard ship. bill of indictment, statement of accusation in criminal court. bill of lading, acknowledgment by ship's master that goods have been received on board, and promise of safe delivery. bill of sale, document transferring title to goods, especially as security for loan. bill of sight, outline description of goods being imported. bill of sufferance, permission to load or unload at certain ports without payment of duty. true bill, statement by grand jury that there was a prima facie case against accused.
1. A statement of money owed for goods or services; SYN. account, invoice.
2. A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare).
3. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); SYN. note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback.
4. A statute in draft before it becomes law; SYN. measure.
5. The entertainment offered at a public presentation.
6. A long-handled saw with a curved blade; SYN. billhook.
7. A brim (of a hat) that projects to the front to shade the eyes; SYN. peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor.
ETYM L, calculus. Related to Calculate, and Calcule.
1. A stone produced by concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body.
2. The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions; SYN. the calculus, infinitesimal calculus.
Another name for a stone formed in the body, notably in the gall bladder (see gallstone) or urinary tract. It may need to be removed surgically or by ultrasound (lithotripsy).
Medicine, stonelike concretion.
Mathematics, method of calculation. calculary.
ETYM French envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi a sending or things sent, from envoyer to send; cf. French lettre d'envoi letter of advice of goods forwarded. Related to Envoy.
1. A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, customer, etc., with the value or prices and charges attached.
2. A written order for goods to be sent, with payment to be made after delivery.
Bill sent to an individual or business organization for goods or services received. The invoice should state the amount of vat (value-added tax) payable and how quickly the bill needs to be paid.
1. The act or an instance of reckoning: as account, bill; computation ; calculation of a ship's position
2. A settling of accounts
3. A summing up
4. A bill for an amount due; SYN. tally.