purchase order - a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"indent - an order for goods to be exported or imported market order - an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price stop order, stop-loss order - an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level stop payment - a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check |