buffer stock betydelse and definition

Betydelse av buffer stock på svenska

• 0 a large supply of a commodity (= a crop, metal, fuel, etc.) that is bought and stored when extra is available, and sold when there is not enough, in order to control its price and quantity in the economy:

  • Rubber prices fell to a four-year low, despite purchases for the buffer stock.

• 1 extra products, supplies, etc that a company keeps, so it always has enough available to sell or use:

  • Management wants to keep a buffer stock of 500 units.