Glossary
A working glossary of invoice, OCR and accounts payable automation terms. Written for accountants, bookkeepers and finance teams who want clear, citable definitions without the marketing fluff.
OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
The technology that converts text from images, PDFs and scanned documents into machine-readable, structured data.
Read definition →Accounts Payable Automation
Software that replaces manual steps in invoice receipt, data capture, approval, payment and reconciliation.
Read definition →Invoice Data Entry
The process of capturing invoice fields — vendor, dates, line items, totals, tax — into an accounting system.
Read definition →3-Way Matching
An accounts payable control that verifies an invoice against its purchase order and goods receipt note before payment.
Read definition →Put the theory into practice
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