base stock
Business
noun
A certain amount of stock assumed to be constantly held in inventory by a company, as the minimum quantity required to continue operating; frequently attributive, especially designating a method of accounting (not generally regarded as acceptable) in which such stock is valued at its original cost.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Statement Excess Profits Duty.
- hitherward
- hit home
- hit it off
- Hitler, Adolf
- Hitlerian
- Hitlerism
- Hitlerite
- Hitler moustache
- Hitler salute
- hit list
- hitmaker
- hitman
- hit on
- hit (or make) the scene
- hit-or-miss
- hit (or strike) home
- hit-out
- hit parade
- hit single
- hit someone below the belt
- hit someone for six
- hit someone in the eye (or between the eyes)
- hit someone up
- hit squad
- Hitt.