ABSORPTION COSTING Definition

ABSORPTION COSTING is the method under which all manufacturing costs, both variable and fixed, are treated as product costs with non-manufacturing costs, e.g. selling and administrative expenses, being treated as period costs.

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LINE ITEM is one item from a group of many items, e.g. one inventory item from the list of all inventoried items or one budgeted item from a financial budget.

FFO - FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS is used by real estate and other investment trusts to present the cash flow from trust operations i.e., earnings plus depreciation and amortization.

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