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inventory

inventory pl: -ries 1 : an itemized list of current assets: as a : a written list or catalog of the property of an individual, organization, or estate or succession that is made by a fiduciary under oath and that usually describes and assigns a value to the items or classes of property b : aggregate value assigned to an inventory 2 : goods or materials held on hand: as a under the Bankruptcy Code : materials including personal property leased or furnished, held for sale or lease, or to be furnished under a contract for service, raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business or held for sale or lease b under section 9-109 of the Uniform Commercial Code : goods that are held by a person who holds them for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service or if he or she has so furnished them or that are raw materials, works in process, or materials used or consumed in a business ...


inventory financing

inventory financing The process of obtaining capital for a business by borrowing money with inventory used as collateral ...


benefit of inventory

benefit of inventory see benefit ...


inventory search

inventory search see search ...


Inventorial

Of or pertaining to an inventory...


inventorying

the act or process of making an inventory making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand...


Inventory

Inventory, a list or schedule, containing a true description of goods and chattels, or furniture, etc., made upon a same or upon a lease of a furnished house, or (see Woodfall, L. & T.) on a distress for rent, or by an executor of his testator's effects, or by an administrator of those of the intestate....


benefit

benefit 1 : something that provides an advantage or gain ;specif : an enhancement of property value, enjoyment of facilities, or increase in general prosperity arising from a public improvement general benefit : a benefit to the community at large resulting from a public improvement special benefit : a benefit from a public improvement that directly enhances the value of particular property and is not shared by the community at large NOTE: In proceedings for a partial taking for the purpose of a public improvement, the condemning authority may use a special benefit to the remaining land as a set-off against the landowner's damages for the taking. 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : a right esp. that serves to limit a person's liability benefit of dis·cus·sion : the right of a surety being sued to compel the suing creditor to sue the principal first benefit of di·vi·sion : the right of a surety being sued to compel the suing creditor to also sue the cosureti...


asset

asset [back-formation from assets, singular, sufficient property to pay debts and legacies, from Anglo-French asetz, from Old French asez enough] 1 : the entire property of a person, business organization, or estate that is subject to the payment of debts used in pl. compare equity 2 : an item of property owned admitted asset : an asset allowed by law to be included in determining the financial condition of an insurance company compare nonadmitted asset in this entry appointive asset : an asset in an estate that is to be distributed under a power of appointment capital asset : a tangible or intangible long-term asset esp. that is not regularly bought or sold as part of the owner's business ;specif : any asset classified as a capital asset by law (as section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code) cur·rent asset : a short-term asset (as inventory, an account receivable, or a note) that can be quickly converted into cash equitable asset : an asset esp. in an estate that is sub...


FIFO

an accounting method in which goods in inventory are valued at the price of the most recent acquisition of each type of goods and those used up from inventory are valued at the cost of those first acquired...


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