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Inventory — means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English.[1] In the USA and Canada the term has developed from a… …   Wikipedia

Inventory of Church Property — • An inventory is to be made at the beginning of a given administration; when the period of management has expired, the out going official must produce all the things which appear in this inventory or were added later, excepting those which have… …   Catholic encyclopedia

Inventory turnover ratio — is one of the Accounting Liquidity ratios, a financial ratio. This ratio measures the number of times, on average, the inventory is sold during the period. Its purpose is to measure the liquidity of the inventory. A popular variant of the… …   Wikipedia

inventory valuation — ➔ valuation * * * inventory valuation UK US noun [C or U] (also stock valuation) ACCOUNTING ► a calculation of the value of the products or materials that a company has available for sale or use at the end of a particular accounting period, or… …   Financial and business terms

inventory-to-sales ratio — ➔ ratio * * * inventory to sales ratio UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE ► a measure of the supply of goods that a company has compared to the amount it has sold during a particular period: »The inventory to sales ratio at the end of May was… …   Financial and business terms

inventory turnover — period of time in which the inventory of a business is completely used up and restocked …   English contemporary dictionary

Inventory valuation — INVENTORIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Inventories are usually the largest current asset of a business, and proper measurement of them is necessary to assure accurate financial statements. If inventory is not properly measured, expenses and… …   Wikipedia

Inventory turns — In business management, inventory turns often referred to as stockturn,stock turns, turns, and stock turnover. This measures the number of times invested in goods to be sold or used over in a year. mbox{Inventory Turns} = frac{Cost of Goods Sold… …   Wikipedia

inventory — inventoriable, adj. inventorial, adj. inventorially, adv. /in veuhn tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. inventories, v., inventoried, inventorying. n. 1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods… …   Universalium

Inventory Turnover — A ratio showing how many times a company s inventory is sold and replaced over a period. the The days in the period can then be divided by the inventory turnover formula to calculate the days it takes to sell the inventory on hand or inventory… …   Investment dictionary

Inventory (museum) — An inventory is an itemized list of objects that the museum has accessioned or received via loan(s) and must be physically located by an examiner. A complete, one hundred percent inventory, or a random inventory of the collection must be carried… …   Wikipedia