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  • 1carrying cost — ➔ cost1 * * * carrying cost UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE the cost of storing goods before they are sold: »Pushing the ownership of inventory backwards to the supplier reduces inventory carrying costs for the customer. ► ACCOUNTING… …

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  • 2Carrying — Car ry*ing, n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another. [1913 Webster] {Carrying place}, a carry; a portage. {Carrying trade}, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land;… …

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  • 3Carrying place — Carrying Car ry*ing, n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another. [1913 Webster] {Carrying place}, a carry; a portage. {Carrying trade}, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water… …

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  • 4Carrying trade — Carrying Car ry*ing, n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another. [1913 Webster] {Carrying place}, a carry; a portage. {Carrying trade}, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water… …

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  • 5Are You Carrying Any Gold or Living Relatives? — Are You Carrying Any Gold Or Living Relatives: Through The Soviet Union with Nila is a book by Irene Kampen about her travels in the Soviet Union in the summer of 1969. Kampen visits the Soviet Union with her friend and translator Nila Magidoff …

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  • 6Carrying capacity — The supportable population of an organism, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available within an environment is known as the environment s carrying capacity for that organism. For the human population, more complex variables… …

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  • 7Carrying wheels — The carrying wheels on a steam locomotive are those wheels that are not driven, i.e. they are uncoupled and run freely, unlike coupled or driving wheels. They are also described as running wheels [1] and their axle may be called a carrying axle …

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  • 8carrying charge — For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures markets, it refers to the differential between the yield on a cash… …

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  • 9carrying charges — The cost of storing a physical commodity, consisting of interest on the invested funds, insurance, storage fees, and other incidental costs. Carrying costs are usually reflected in the difference between futures prices for different delivery… …

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  • 10Carrying cost — In marketing, carrying cost refers to the total cost of holding inventory. This includes warehousing costs such as rent, utilities and salaries, financial costs such as opportunity cost, and inventory costs related to perishibility, shrinkage and …

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