Match the Following Terms with the Appropriate Definition

question 159

Essay

Match the following terms with the appropriate definition.
1. The required method of reporting inventory at market when market is lower than cost.
2. The method of assigning costs to inventory where the purchase cost of each item in inventory is identified and used to determine the cost of inventory.
3. A procedure for estimating inventory where the past gross profit rate is used to estimate the cost of goods sold, which is then subtracted from the cost of goods available for sale to determine the estimated ending inventory.
4. An owner of goods who ships them to another party who will then sell the goods for the owner.
5. One who receives and holds goods owned by another for purposes of selling the goods for the owner.
6. The principle that aims to select the less optimistic estimate when two or more estimates are about equally likely.
7. The number of times a company's average inventory is sold during an accounting period.
8. An estimate of days needed to convert the inventory available at the end of the period into receivables or cash.
9. A method for estimating inventory based on the ratio of the amount of goods for sale at cost to the amount of goods for sale at retail prices.
10. The accounting principle that a company use the same accounting methods period after period so that the financial statements of succeeding periods will be comparable.

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Definitions:

Market Interest Rates

The prevailing rates at which borrowers can obtain loans and investors can receive returns in the financial market.

Bond Prices

The amount of money investors are willing to pay for bonds, inversely related to interest rate changes.

Yield

Return.

Rate of Return

The gain or loss on an investment over a specific period, expressed as a percentage of the investment's initial cost.