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Invoice

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a document listing goods or services provided, along with their cost
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Stage 1 of 2
envoyer
Old French · medieval
"to send"
to send, the root behind a document sent detailing goods delivered
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Stage 2 of 2
invoice
English · 1550s
"an itemized bill for goods or services"
settled as the English word for an itemized bill sent for goods or services
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