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opening stock
noun [C or U] UK (US beginning inventory) ACCOUNTINGDefinition
› the amount and value of products or materials that a company has available for sale or use at the beginning of an accounting period: This year's opening stock was, in fact, last year's closing stock. → Compare closing stock
(Definition of opening stock noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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