stock-keeping unit

noun [C] (abbreviation SKU) COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING

Definition

› a product, or a particular size or model of a product, that a company has available for sale, considered as a single unit: We are reducing the number of stock-keeping units that we offer.

(Definition of stock-keeping unit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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