credit note

Meanings

nouncredit note (plural credit notes)

accountingA commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.
Synonyms: credit memo

nounA commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.

Similar

credit memo

Czech dobropis

dobropiscommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

Dutch creditnota

creditnotacommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

Finnish hyvitysilmoitus, hyvityslasku

hyvitysilmoituscommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice
hyvityslaskucommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

French note de crédit

note de créditcommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

German Gutschrift

Gutschriftcommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

Irish nóta sochair

nóta sochaircommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

Italian nota di credito

nota di creditocommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

Polish nota kredytowa

nota kredytowacommercial document issued by a seller to a buyer to cancel part or all of an earlier invoice

Cite this entry

APA

credit note. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20note

MLA

“credit note.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20note. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credit note,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20note.