order form

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A printed or electronic document that a customer fills in to ask for goods or services.

   Grammar: Countable: you can say 'an order form' or 'several order forms'.

   Patterns

   • fill in an order form
   • fill out an order form
   • send in an order form
   • an order form for something

   Please fill in the order form and hand it to the assistant at the counter.

   You can download an order form from the shop's website if you prefer to pay by check.

   She sent in the order form on Monday and the books arrived three days later.

2. 2nouncountablecomputing

   A standard page on a website or in an app where you enter details to buy something.

   Grammar: Countable and often used with 'online' or 'digital'.

   Patterns

   • complete the online order form
   • submit an order form

   The online order form asks for your address and a phone number.

   If the order form will not load, try using a different browser.

Word forms

Common combinations

fill in an order form

Customers must fill in an order form before the goods are sent.

an online order form

The online order form saves your details for next time.

send in an order form

Send in an order form by Friday to get the discount.

complete an order form

It took me ten minutes to complete an order form for the new printer.

an order form for something

There is an order form for school uniforms at the back of the booklet.

Synonyms and how they differ

application form

Use this for a request such as a job, a course or a loan, not for buying goods.

purchase order

This is the business document a company sends to a supplier, not the form a customer fills in.

Word family

order verb

To ask for goods to be supplied.

order noun

A request for goods, or the goods themselves.

mail-order adjective

Describes buying goods that are sent by post, as in 'a mail-order catalog'.

Commonly confused: order form or order?

Practice

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