perpetual inventory

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a form of stock control in which running records are kept of all acquisitions and disposals

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Words nearby perpetual inventory

perpetual, perpetual adoration, perpetual calendar, perpetual check, perpetual debenture, perpetual inventory, perpetually, perpetual motion, perpetual-motion machine, perpetuate, perpetuation

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Example sentences from the Web for perpetual inventory

But millions of rules result in perpetual error, and, as a terminal side effect, make leadership and accomplishment illegal.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We employ inventory management to help solidify their property and make sure they have a better record of their possessions.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Big discounts and cheap credit keep them coming back for more; and keep millions in perpetual debt.
Christmas Is the New Subprime|Doug McIntyre|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hollande is ‘the king of doublespeak, ambiguity, and perpetual lies’
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It has been rumored that Ebola is in inventory at high-level labs in many countries, some of which are not our friends.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He took mental inventory of his possessions and what he could lay claim to, and he happened to think about his wife's homestead.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He lived in a perpetual fear and danger of discovery; and discovery now was but another name, for poison—prison—death.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He shows that under free individual competition there is a perpetual waste of energy.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The exercise of confessing the name of God, corresponds to that of joining to him in a perpetual covenant.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham

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