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FIRST IN FIRST OUT (FIFO) Definition & Legal Meaning

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An INVENTORY management and accounting methodology where the first raw materials or workinprogress inventory acquired for production of final goods are used first. See also LAST IN FIRST OUT (LIFO).

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