SINCE 1828
base stock method
nounDefinition of base stock method
: an accounting method of valuing inventories by carrying on the books a minimum quantity of a commodity at the same low fixed price from year to year and valuing the quantity in excess of the minimum at a separate price which is usually the lower of cost or market value — compare last in , first out
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