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ABSORPTION Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

1. Accounting: When related accounts are absorbed into each other. Called an absorption account. 2. Economics: Total amount spent by a country on goods and services. Account deficits or surplus occurs when the GDP goes above or below the absorption level. 3. Management: A overhaul of a companies operations and structure. 4. Materials: This occurs when a fluid is absorbed by another material. Refer to absorption. 5. Securities: This occurs when an underwriter sells their securities. This is also called assimilation.

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