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SINKING FUND Definition
SINKING FUND is a sum set apart periodically from the income of a government or a business and allowed to accumulate in order ultimately to pay off a debt. A preferred investment for a sinking fund is the purchase of the governments or firms bonds that are to be paid off. Usually the fund is administered by a trustee.
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SLIT is Serial-Lot Item Tracking.
DISCREPANCY is a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. In import / export, it is situations relating to official documents that are presented that do not conform to what is required within the Letter of Credit.

