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perpetual inventory

perpetual inventory noun: a system of maintaining a business' inventory in which changes to the inventory are recorded in real time, so that the inventory is always accurate.

Noun

perpetual inventory

  1. A system of maintaining a business' inventory in which changes to the inventory are recorded in real time, so that the inventory is always accurate.

Questions about perpetual inventory

What does perpetual inventory mean?
Perpetual inventory means a system of maintaining a business' inventory in which changes to the inventory are recorded in real time, so that the inventory is always accurate.
What part of speech is perpetual inventory?
Perpetual inventory is a noun.

Words near perpetual inventory in the dictionary

  1. perpetual checks
  2. perpetual curate
  3. perpetual curates
  4. perpetual futures
  5. Perpetual Help
  6. perpetual inventory
  7. perpetual license
  8. perpetual licenses
  9. perpetual motion
  10. perpetual motion machine
  11. perpetual motion machine of the first kind

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