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title: "Blanket purchase order"
description: "Blanket purchase order — A standing purchase order for repeat purchases from one vendor over a period, up to an agreed total, with each delivery released against it. The unreleased balance is a commitment, not a liability."
canonical: "https://lopifi.com/glossary/blanket-purchase-order"
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# Blanket purchase order

> Blanket purchase order — A standing purchase order for repeat purchases from one vendor over a period, up to an agreed total, with each delivery released against it. The unreleased balance is a commitment, not a liability.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/blanket-purchase-order
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**What is blanket purchase order?** In accounting, blanket purchase order means a standing purchase order for repeat purchases from one vendor over a period, up to an agreed total, with each delivery released against it. The unreleased balance is a commitment, not a liability.

## Words this system refuses for it

- recurring bill
- contract

- **Category:** Payables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/lexicon)
- **Related:** purchase-order, liability, period, vendor