FIFO
First In First Out. A method of valuing the Cost Of Goods Sold that uses the cost of the oldest items in inventory first.
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Accelerated Cost Recovery System,
Acquisition cost,
Adjusted balance method,
Average daily balance method,
Accrual of discount,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
At risk,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
At the money,
Annuity factor method,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Away from the market,
Below the line,
Book inventory,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Buy the book,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Bailing out,
B shares,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Capitalized cost,
Cost Accounting,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Certificate of Participation,
Closed out,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost basis,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Cash-out refinancing,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Crowding out,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Close out,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Curbs out,
Declining balance method,
Depreciated cost,
Double-declining balance depreciation method,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Durable goods orders,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Dollar cost averaging,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Either-or order,
Employer Cost Index,
Employment Cost Index,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
First In First Out,
Fixed cost,
First call date,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
First board,
First notice day,
First preferred stock,
Form S-1,
First mortgage,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
First-round financing,
Good delivery,
Good Til Canceled,
G-7,
G-8,
Good faith,
Good title,
Gather in the stops,
Historical cost,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Holder in due course,
Hang out loan,
Home equity line of credit,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
In escrow,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Intermediate goods,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
Inventory financing,
In play,
In-process research and development,
I/O strip,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Knock-out option,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lock-in,
Life expectancy method,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Make a market,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Money at call,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Off the books,
Original cost,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
Or better,
Opinion of title,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Property inventory,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
P&L,
Public goods,
Power of Attorney,
Past-due balance method,
Previous balance method,
Prioritization of debt,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Priced out,
Replacement cost,
Return of capital,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Replacement cost insurance,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Second-to-die insurance,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
Special use property,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stopped out,
Total cost,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
Top hat plan,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax preference item,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Top out,
Take a bath,
U.S. Government Agency Security,
U.S. Savings Bond,
U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Treasury Bill,
U.S. Treasury Bond,
U.S. Treasury Note,
U.S. Treasury Securities,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Waiver of premium,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares