the.com/billing
The art of turning value you created into a number someone else disputes.
means The process of calculating and presenting what someone owes for goods or services rendered.
from Traces to 'bill,' from medieval Latin 'bulla' meaning a sealed document or official document (think 'papal bull') — itself from 'bulla,' Latin for a bubble or round seal. The word drifted from any formal written statement to specifically an itemized statement of charges by the 1400s. So every invoice carries a ghost of wax seals and official decree, even when it's just a PDF about your Wi-Fi.
- net 30
- means pay now, companies pay whenever
- invoice origin
- from French envoyer, to send
- late fees
- exist so slow payers subsidize fast ones
- subscription trick
- cancellation harder than signup by design