What's the difference between invoice and statement?

Invoice


Definition:

  • (n.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed.
  • (n.) The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
  • (v. t.) To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bill Shorten has told the union royal commission he would “never be a party to issuing bogus invoices” as he rejected assertions that payments from employers to the Australia Workers’ Union created conflicts of interest during wage negotiations.
  • (2) Speaking in a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday, Kawczynski said: "What these employees are being told, some of whom have worked for the organisation for many years, is that if they do not set up their own companies and invoice the BBC through these companies, their contracts will be terminated.
  • (3) Jim Devine, Labour MP for Livingston, was reportedly under investigation for invoices he submitted for electrical work worth more than £2,000 from a company with an allegedly fake address and an invalid VAT number.
  • (4) Their story involves a fraudster who posed as their builder, set up a copycat email address and even managed to mock up an incredibly realistic fake invoice.
  • (5) A set time-limit for settling invoices must surely be introduced, with fines for failing to pay up without reasonable cause.
  • (6) Founder and project director Liz McDowell explains that, unlike a grant where you receive the money up front or in instalments, earned income means issuing invoices and being paid afterwards – and after paying for much of the related outgoings, just as a business does.
  • (7) One-time mining magnate Nathan Tinkler's Buildev Group paid $66,000, the Gazal family's development company Gazcorp paid $137,000, and the Obeid-linked Australian Water Holdings (AWH) paid $137,000 for fake services invoiced by EightByFive, the inquiry has heard.
  • (8) GFHC, a subsidiary of the Bahrain-based investment bank Gulf Finance House, accuse the former Leeds managing director of fraud and embezzlement, with detailed documents alleging he fabricated at least 55 invoices to secure payments to five different bank accounts, two in Dubai and three in the UK.
  • (9) Between 2010 and 2013 (after Shorten had left the union leadership) the Victorian branch issued Winslow with several invoices bearing a description of “providing OHS [occupational health and safety] training” – but these invoices were subsequently corrected to reflect the fact that their purpose was also “membership fees”.
  • (10) I would never be party to issuing any bogus invoices, full stop,” Shorten said in response to questions about $300,000 in payments from Thiess John Holland to the AWU’s Victorian branch and national office between 2005 and 2008.
  • (11) Did Platini finally decide it was about time he nagged for the money or did Blatter suddenly discover the yellowing invoices on Platini-headed paper, buried for nearly a decade at the bottom of his in-tray?
  • (12) Page after page of invoices lay out the financial record of the operations, including catering bills, crew costs, flight planning charges, overflight permissions and other assorted mechanisms that made the programme as a whole possible.
  • (13) Accounts Payable reports are interfaced with the general ledger and are of interest for transaction detail, open invoice and cash flow analysis, and for a record of payments by vendor.
  • (14) The company paid the AWU $300,000, and Shorten faced questions about the validity of AWU invoices to the company when he appeared before the royal commission in July.
  • (15) The list includes disputing or delaying payment of invoices for more than 120 days; cutting a product's price and then demanding compensation to maintain the profit margin; and demanding upfront payments in exchange for hitting sales targets that do not materialise.
  • (16) The invoices also show the aircraft flying in and out of Bucharest, where one of the CIA's secret prisons is now known to have been located.
  • (17) Till now in the theory over the cause of EPH-syndrom the predominate recently compiled comprehensive summary was; the proper body pressure substances--especially from the renin Angiotensin system--after chronical invoices it was decides diminished uterus blood flow appeared.
  • (18) These purchases were not secret within the News of the World office: they were openly paid for by the accounts department with invoices which itemised illegal acts.
  • (19) We pay 90% of our invoices on time and, where this is not achieved, the most significant factor is receiving the invoices late from the supplier,” a spokesman said.
  • (20) While many of those flights may not have been involved in rendition operations, the researchers behind the project have drawn on testimony from detainees, Red Cross reports, courtroom evidence, flight records and invoices to show that at least 144 were entering the UK while suspected of being engaged in rendition operations.

Statement


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
  • (n.) That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (2) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
  • (3) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
  • (4) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
  • (5) So too his statement that "in Zulu culture you cannot leave a woman if she is ready.
  • (6) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
  • (7) 12pm, Channel 4 press office: "I refer you to the statement put out last night."
  • (8) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
  • (9) Local and international media and watchdog organisations such as the World Association of Newspapers , Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders have issued statements strongly condemning the prison sentence.
  • (10) Whilst we deeply regret all these incidents and acknowledge that the care of these patients could have been better, this is a relatively low number of incidents for a hospital of this size,” it said in a statement.
  • (11) In a statement the Los Angeles County department of public health said: "Though legionella bacteria was identified in a water sample taken from the Playboy Mansion, this bacteria has not been determined as the source of the respiratory outbreak.
  • (12) In a statement, a St James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the King Edward VII hospital and will now head to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
  • (13) Pressure test and impact test are leading to different strength statements.
  • (14) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
  • (15) However, financial markets seem unconcerned: 10-year gilts have rallied since the statement.
  • (16) A statement from the club read: "Everybody at Sheffield United is extremely shocked and saddened to learn of the death of former player and manager Gary Speed.
  • (17) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
  • (18) The report says this tactic has helped the west uncover at least one of Iran's secret nuclear sites and, according to official statements by the Iranians, has caused enrichment centrifuges to break.
  • (19) Their only clues were two statements involving contrasting mental terms, with each statement referring to one of the possible hiding places.
  • (20) According to Israeli media reports, the US statement had caused "senior officials in Jerusalem to tear out their hair".