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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Need to raise a purchase order or log a support case?
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Josh Scriven, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Bushey provided a second purchase order of 3 million rounds of 12.7X99 Armor-Piercing Incendiary Brass Case ammunition.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
The vehicles are estimated to be delivered about nine months after the proposal is signed or purchase order has been received, unless there are parts or supply chain issues.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Is billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the face of President Donald Trump’s effort to slash federal spending, really in line to receive a $400 million purchase order of armored Tesla vehicles from the State Department?
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 13 Feb. 2025
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Josh Scriven, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Bushey provided a second purchase order of 3 million rounds of 12.7X99 Armor-Piercing Incendiary Brass Case ammunition.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
The vehicles are estimated to be delivered about nine months after the proposal is signed or purchase order has been received, unless there are parts or supply chain issues.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Is billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the face of President Donald Trump’s effort to slash federal spending, really in line to receive a $400 million purchase order of armored Tesla vehicles from the State Department?
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 13 Feb. 2025
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 3 Aug. 2025.
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