Glossary: Bill vs. Invoice?

[Derek Atkins]

A Bill and an Invoice are exactly the same with one small detail: the
direction.  A Gnucash Invoice is something _you send to a customer_
because they owe you money.  A Gnucash Bill is an invoice _you receive
from a vendor_ because you owe them money.  In all other respects they
are the same thing.

-derek

Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> as a dumb translator I have to ask: What is the difference between a
> 'bill' and an 'invoice'? Trivially I would come up with identical
> translations for both, but I guess that this is not intended. So
> please explain to me the difference between both...
> 
> In the glossary, I've defined both as:
> 
> bill -  "a written statement of money owed for goods or services supplied"
> 
> invoice - "A list of goods sold or services provided together with the
> prices charged; a bill"
> 
> and again, with these definitions I would definitely translate both
> into German as "Rechnung" i.e. with the same word.
> 
> Christian
> 
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