purchase order

Noun
  1. A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities (synset 106541210)
    "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
    is a type of: commercial document, commercial instrument - a document of or relating to commerce
    subtypes:
    • bill-me order, credit order - an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date
    • indent - an order for goods to be exported or imported
    • market order - an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price
    • production order - an order that initiates the manufacturing process
    • reorder - a repeated order for the same merchandise
    • stop order, stop-loss order - an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
    • stop payment - a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check
    • mail order - a purchase negotiated by mail
    same as: order

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