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"Hugo Kornelis" <hugo@perFact.REMOVETHIS.info> wrote
> On 15 Jan 2006 21:01:28 -0800, vc wrote:
>
> >
> >Hugo Kornelis wrote:
> >[...]
> >
> >> All natural numbers are order number too.
> >
> >
> >What's an 'order number' ?
>
> Hi vc,
>
> The number that is assigned to an order. You'll see it on the order
> confirmation, on the invoice, and probably on the packing list as well.
>

I would have called this an "ordinal number".  Are we talking about the same
thing?