LIFO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does LIFO mean? 

• LIFO (noun)
  The noun LIFO has 1 sense:

1. inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold

  Familiarity information: LIFO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIFO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

last in first out; LIFO

Hypernyms ("LIFO" is a kind of...):

inventory accounting (accounting that controls and evaluates inventory)