English noun: purchase order | |||
1. | purchase order (communication) a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities | ||
Samples | IBM received an order for a hundred computers. | ||
Synonyms | order | ||
Broader (hypernym) | commercial document, commercial instrument | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bill-me order, credit order, indent, mail order, market order, production order, reorder, stop order, stop payment, stop-loss order | ||