Hintaerien

Hintaerien is a Finnish term used in business administration and accounting to refer to individual price items within a price list, contract, or invoice. The word is formed from hinta (price) and erä (batch, lot, line item), and the plural genitive form hintaerien is used when describing multiple price items.

In practice, a hintaerä specifies the price charged for a unit or unit group, including quantity, unit price, any discounts, taxes, and the line total. It allows a buyer and supplier to present a detailed breakdown of costs, such as separate price entries for different product variants, service components, or promotional terms. In procurement, hintaerät help in comparing bids and constructing budgets; in invoicing they correspond to the line items on an invoice.

Hintaerien can vary between documents: a price list (hinnasto) may contain many hintaerien, while a contract or quote may include a few with customer-specific pricing. In ERP systems, each hintaerä is typically linked to a product or service code, a quantity, a unit of measure, and a price, and is aggregated to form the total amount due.

The term is mainly used in Finnish-language business contexts and is less common in everyday speech. See also hinta, hinnasto, erä, tarjous.