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Chapter19
Accounting For Inventory
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Accounting
04/18/2011

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Term
periodic invetory
Definition
a merchandise inventory detemined by counting, weighing, or measuring items or merchandise on hand
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perpetual inventory
Definition
a merchandise inventory detemined by keeping a continuous record of increases, decreases and balance on hand.
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inventory record
Definition
a form used during a periodic inventory to record information about each item of merchandise on hand
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stock record
Definition
a form used to show the kind of merchandise, quantity received, quantity sold, and balance on hand.
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stock ledger
Definition
a file of stock records for all merchandise on hand
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first-in, first-out inventory costing method
Definition
using the price of merchandise purchased first to calculate the cost of merchandise sold first
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last-in, first-out inventory costing method
Definition
using the price of merchandise purchased last to calculate the cost of merchandise sold first
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weighted-average inventory costing method
Definition
using the average cost of beginning inventory plus merchandise purchased during a fiscal period to calculate the cost of merchandise sold
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gross profit method of estimating inventory
Definition
estimating inventory by using the previous year's percentage of gross profit on operations