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  • 41Inventory 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… …

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  • 42Inventory 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… …

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  • 43Inventory (disambiguation) — Inventory is a list of goods and materials held available in stock by a business.Inventory may also refer to:* Moral inventory. in the course of twelve step programs, members often speak of taking an inventory . Much like an inventory of goods… …

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  • 44Inventory investment — relates to the composition of GDP. What is produced in a certain country is naturally also sold, but some of the goods produced in a given year may not be sold the same year, but in later years. Conversely, some of the goods sold in a given year… …

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  • 45inventory control — ➔ control1 * * * inventory control UK US noun [U] (also inventory management, also stock control) ► COMMERCE, PRODUCTION the process of making sure that the right amount of goods, parts, and materials are available for sale: »The …

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  • 46Inventory (artists) — Inventory are a collective of British artists, writers and art theorists, founded in 1996.Some of their pieces see them engage in performance art in public spaces. Coagulum (Oxford Street) in 2000, saw them form into a close group on London s… …

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  • 47inventory risk — ➔ risk1 * * * inventory risk UK US noun [C or U] ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE ► the chance that a company will be unable to sell its supply of goods, or that its value will go down: »The technology enabled retailers to keep leaner inventories, shifting… …

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  • 48inventory 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… …

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  • 49inventory-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… …

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  • 50inventory controller — UK US noun [C] (also inventory manager) COMMERCE, PRODUCTION ► someone whose job is making sure that the right amount of goods, parts, and materials are available for sale: »She works as inventory controller for the Liquor Control Board …

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