purchase order

noun

: a formal document that is used by an employee to request that something be purchased by a company

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An agent might be permitted to read a database but prohibited from modifying it, generate a purchase order but not approve one, or access public websites while being blocked from transmitting sensitive corporate information. — Ed Fox, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The product, purchase order, supplier, and test details will be included. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 For high-volume production workloads, coding agents, document processing and customer operations that differential decides the purchase order. — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for purchase order

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“Purchase order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchase%20order. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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