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last-in, first-out
last-in, first-out (LIFO)The system of accounting for stocks which assumes that any goods withdrawn from inventories will be those most recently acquired. LIFO is contrasted with first-in, first-out, (FIFO), which assumes that any goods withdrawn from inventories will be those which have been in stock longest.
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