Category: Work & BusinessPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

facture

/facture/Roman

English meaning: Invoice

Definition

A document listing goods or services and their cost.

Example

“Envoyez-moi la facture par email.”

In English: “Send me the invoice by email.”

Another example: “La facture doit être réglée avant le 30.”

Usage — When, Where & How

Business/administrative noun 'invoice/bill'; neutral to formal register, common in commerce. 'Régler une facture' = to settle a bill. Distinct from 'addition' (a restaurant bill).

Common Collocations

  • régler une facture
  • une facture impayée
  • établir une facture
  • la facture d'électricité
  • payer la facture

Word Forms

f.; pl. factures

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Literary Heritage

“Aimer, c'est agir.”

“To love is to act.”

Victor Hugo · Poet, Novelist & Playwright · 1802–1885

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo's moral philosophy distilled to three words — the engine behind Jean Valjean's redemption

“Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.”

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) · Philosopher & Writer of the Enlightenment · 1694–1778

La Bégueule

La Bégueule (1772) — Voltaire's pragmatic warning against perfectionism; a proverb the world adopted

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