Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• INVENTORY OBSOLESCENCE
  
  when inventory is no longer salable. Possibly due to too much inventory on hand, out of fashion or demand. The true value of the inventory is seldom exactly what is shown on the balance sheet. Often, there is unrecognized obsolescence.
  
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