Invoice

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What is the difference betweeen an invoice and a bill?

Jedrek Bogacki · Accepted Answer

Invoice is used mostly in business cases.
Bill is very common noun, and generally it's not used in official cases.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

This is my understanding.

An invoice is an itemized list of goods and or services rendered by a supplier to its customer(s), and it isusually issued
when goods and service are delivered which can be used as note for payment in some cases, like a plumber whom you have called for a leaky toilet. When he has performed the repair, he will either print one from his laptop (if it's a large plumbing company) or hand- write an invoice for the service, including the travel time, labor and parts. In this fashion,
the the invoice is a bill, requesting for payment. Generally, it works much like a reciept we get from Walmart after we pay the cashier, but if you pay by credit card, you will get a bill from the bank at the end of the billing cycle

A bill typically, however, is issued with regular subscribed services, such as credit card, cable, water and other utility service. It's a legal notice requesting for payment.

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