Weighted-average method
Weighted-average method. Valuing of inventory where each item is assigned the same unit cost. This unit cost is found by dividing the cost of goods available for sale by the total number of units for sale.
Definitions
According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition),
- Weighted-average method. Valuing of inventory where each item is assigned the same unit cost. This unit cost is found by dividing the cost of goods available for sale by the total number of units for sale.
Related concepts
- Accounting (alternatively known as accountancy) is management of financial data, information, and knowledge about financial transactions of legal entities. Accountancy tends to include bookkeeping and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include quatitative analysis of financial data in the bookkeeping system and/or business intelligence.
