absorb
Definition 1
To treat a cost as an expense instead of passing it on to customers as an increase in price.
Definition 2
To assimilate or transfer amounts from one or more accounts to another where they lose their original identity.
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absorb is in the Accounting & Auditing subject.
absorb appears in the definitions of the following terms:
extension pricing,
free capital ratio,
coverage ratio,
heat sink,
ozone layer,
carbon monoxide (CO),
overshoot and collapse,
toughness,
chromatography,
blotter
and
absorb appears in these other terms: absorbed overhead, absorbed dose, absorbent
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