which sentence is more polite

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Zoe2008

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1. please find attached invoice for your payment
2. please pay the attached invoice
3. please settle the attached bill
 
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The first one is politer than the other two.
 
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The first one is most polite. I doubt whether the third one is even possible.

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RonBee said:
The first one is most polite. I doubt whether the third one is even possible.

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The third one is common in BE, where bill means invoice.

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