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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The Chilean Air Force in reality cancelled the order months earlier and did not issue the purchase order, according to the indictment. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026 Of these, more than 200 progressed to purchase order-level tracking, logging more than half a million of them in the past two years alone. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 The ads aired as part of a $20 million purchase order that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made on September 20 with LMD Agency, an ad firm. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026 Despite not having any government contracts previously, Powerus won its first Air Force purchase order just one month later for an undisclosed amount. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 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 14 Nov. 2026.

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