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Purchase order.

The buyer's formal commitment to buy: what, how many, at what price, delivered when and where. Abbreviated PO.

What it means

The buyer's formal commitment to buy: what, how many, at what price, delivered when and where. Abbreviated PO.

What goes wrong

A PO is a contract, not a request. Shipping something that differs from it — a substitution, a short ship, an early delivery — is what a deduction is taken against later.

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