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title: "Receipt matching"
description: "Receipt matching — Pairing a card transaction with the receipt that evidences it. Both queues stay visible: transactions with no receipt, and receipts with no transaction."
canonical: "https://lopifi.com/glossary/receipt-matching"
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# Receipt matching

> Receipt matching — Pairing a card transaction with the receipt that evidences it. Both queues stay visible: transactions with no receipt, and receipts with no transaction.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/receipt-matching
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**What is receipt matching?** In accounting, receipt matching means pairing a card transaction with the receipt that evidences it. Both queues stay visible: transactions with no receipt, and receipts with no transaction.

## Words this system refuses for it

- three-way match (purchase order, receipt, invoice)
- reconciliation

- **Category:** Payables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/lexicon)
- **Related:** transaction