# Three-way match

> Three-way match — Agreeing the purchase order, the goods receipt and the vendor invoice — quantity and price, line by line, within tolerance — before a bill is approved for payment.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/three-way-match
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**What is three-way match?** In accounting, three-way match means agreeing the purchase order, the goods receipt and the vendor invoice — quantity and price, line by line, within tolerance — before a bill is approved for payment.

## Words this system refuses for it

- matching

- **Category:** Payables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [three-way-match](https://lopifi.com/md/components/three-way-match)
- **Related:** purchase-order, goods-receipt, invoice, vendor, bill