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void

Void is the status of a payment document that has been canceled and is no longer valid.

In plain English

It marks a payment document as cancelled, so it should not be treated as an active record. The document still has this status, but it is no longer valid.

In context

Here, void indicates that the invoice or receipt record has the canceled, no-longer-valid status.

Situation
Understanding invoices, billing statements, balances, due dates, credits, and receipts
What it communicates
classifies an invoice or receipt record as canceled

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say why the payment document was canceled.

Examples

“The receipt stayed in the file, but it was void and no longer valid.”

Core meaning

“Please attach the void invoice to the customer's record.”

In context

  • invalid Broader Term

    A void payment document is invalid, but invalid can cover other reasons for not being valid.

  • valid Opposite

    Void marks a payment document as no longer valid, while valid marks it as still valid.