在商务英语中,quotation和invoice是两个容易混淆但功能完全不同的关键文件,其核心差异体现在使用场景和法律效力:
1. 本质差异
- Quotation(报价单):交易前期的"价格要约",相当于中文的"报价"或"投标书"。其核心要素包括:单价、总量、有效期(validity period)、贸易术语(如FOB/CIF)和付款方式。例如:"Our quotation for 100 units remains valid until Dec 31."
- Invoice(发票):交易完成的"债权凭证",对应中文的"形式发票"或"商业发票"。必须包含:唯一发票编号、完税信息(如VAT ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
The act of setting a price.
A quota, a share.
A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.
The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.
(generally of a vehicle) The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.
That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.
Quota; share.
A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.
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.
The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
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.
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
The act of setting a price.
A quota, a share.
A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.
The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.
(generally of a vehicle) The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.
That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.
Quota; share.
A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.
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.
The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
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.