RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D) is research as a planned activity aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope of developing new or improved products and services. Development is the translation of the research findings into a plan or design of new or improved products and services.
INVENTORY PROFITS is a capital-gains-like element in profits. It results from an increase in inventory prices.
OASDI is Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (US Social Security).
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