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Purchase Order

Definition: Purchase Order

Purchase Order

Noun

1. A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Purchase Order

DomainDefinition

Computing

Instruction sent by a client, or his authorized representative, to buy a given quantity of an identified security under specified conditions. Source: European Union. (references)

Economics

A purchaser's written offer to a supplier formally stating all terms and conditions of a proposed transaction. (references)
 A written authorization, signed by a designated employee, calling on a supplier or vendor to provide goods or services at specified prices. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Purchase Order

Synonym: order (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Purchase Order

Specialty definitions using "purchase order": award clerkbid clerk, Bill-To Party, buyer, assistantdirector, procurement servicesENGRAVER, SEALSIrrevocable Corporate Purchase Ordermanager, material control, MANAGER, PROCUREMENT SERVICESPARTS-ORDER-AND-STOCK CLERK, PROCUREMENT CLERK, purchaser, automotive parts, purchase-request editor, purchasing clerk, purchasing-and-fiscal clerk, purchasing-contracting clerk. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Purchase Order

DomainTitle

Books

  • Purchase Order All Hurt Books (reference)

  • Voluntary Standard for the Electronic Purchase Order and Invoice (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Purchase Order

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Laos

IMPORT/EXPORT DOCUMENTATION: A) FOR GENERAL GOODS, IMPORTERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION FOR EACH SHIPMENT: 1) CONTRACT WITH A FOREIGN SUPPLIER OR PURCHASE ORDER; 2) IMPORT LICENSE (7 COPIES); 3) LETTER OF CREDIT OR PAYMENT GUARANTEE PAPER FROM A FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANK; 4) TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS; 5) BILL OF LADING; 6) CUSTOMS CLEARANCE (IMPORT) REPORT. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Purchase Order

Expressions using "purchase order": purchase order change request message purchase order message purchase order response message. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Purchase Order

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

purchase order

305

blank purchase order

4

purchase order financing

225

excel purchase order template

4

purchase order form

92

purchase order management

4

purchase order software

50

blank purchase order form

4

purchase order sample

41

purchase order finance

4

purchase order template

40

purchase order management software

3

factoring purchase order

17

purchase order program

3

purchase order system

14

template purchase order form

3

purchase order form sample

12

purchase order business form

3

purchase order funding

10

purchase order form example

2

purchase order procedure

8

purchase order contract

2

purchase order example

6

find purchase order software cheap

2

invoice purchase order

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Purchase Order

Language Translations for "purchase order"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

købsordre (buying order, order to buy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kooporder (buying order, order to buy). (various references)

   

French

  

ordre d'achat, bon d'achat. (various references)

   

German

  

Kaufauftrag (buying order), Kaufanweisung (buying order, order to buy), Bestellschein (order form, order slip), auftragsbestätigung (acceptance of order, confirmation of order). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εντολή αγοράς (buying order, order to buy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megrendelés (order, subscription). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ordine di acquisto (buying order, order to buy), ordinazione (commission, order, ordination), mandato di acquisto (buying order, order to buy), commissione di acquisto (buying order, order to buy). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

購入注文 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うにゅうちゅうも". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

ordem de compra (buying order, order to buy). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заказ (indent, order, purchase orders). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

orden de compra (buying order, order to buy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Purchase Order

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-r-s-u"

-2 letters: reproachers, reproducers, repurchased.

-3 letters: predaceous, prerecords, procedures, reproached, reproacher, reproaches, reproducer, reproduces, repurchase, superorder.

-4 letters: hardcores, horserace, persuader, preachers, precursor, preorders, prerecord, prescored, procedure, procurers, producers, purchased, purchaser, racehorse, rearoused, recorders, rephrased, reproduce, rerecords, scarpered, sharecrop, superhero, superrace, superroad, upreached, upreaches.

-5 letters: adherers, caperers, caroused, carouser, chorused, chresard, coherers, corrades, coshered, crusader, curseder, dhourras.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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