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DEAD STOCK [3 records]

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Record 1 2009-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Waste Management
OBS

Animals that have died from any cause except those slaughtered or killed for human use.

OBS

Causes of death include disease, accident or old age.

OBS

dead stock: Not to be confused with the farm equipment which is also referred to as "dead stock" in financial or economical texts.

Key term(s)
  • dead animal
  • cadaver

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Gestion des déchets
OBS

Par la loi sur la protection sanitaire des animaux, le gouvernement peut... régler la façon d'éliminer les fumiers, les animaux invalides ou incurables et les cadavres d'animaux.

Key term(s)
  • cadavre d'animal
  • animal mort

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Finance
DEF

Farm tools and equipment.

CONT

For with the diminution of nature's resistance, the whole dead stock employed in production declines in value while man's value rises, as he is by all these changes the master of larger utilities.

OBS

as opposed to "livestock" or "live stock" that refers to the animals.

OBS

Not to be confused with dead animals that are also referred to as "dead stock". Only the context will tell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Économie agricole
  • Finances
DEF

Ensemble du matériel d'une exploitation agricole, par opposition au bétail, qui constitue le cheptel vif.

OBS

Par opposition à «cheptel vif» qui fait référence aux animaux d'élevage ou bétail.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec les animaux morts.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

Stock which is in hand and unsaleable. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

La détermination de ce stock [commercial] par produit et dans le temps est donc liée à la courbe chronologique de vente. [...] [Il faut penser à la notion suivante:] date optimale de l'achat réduisant le plus possible la durée de stagnation des marchandises en magasin; [...]

Spanish

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