physical verification

physical verification definition - finance
An auditing process in which the auditor inspects the actual assets of the company to make certain that they match up with written records. Often the auditor verifies only a sampling of physical products.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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