"SKU" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛsˌkeɪˈjuː/, /skjuː/, /skuː/ Forms: SKUs [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{en-noun}} SKU (plural SKUs)
  1. (business) Initialism of stock-keeping unit. Wikipedia link: Stock-keeping unit Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: stock-keeping unit Categories (topical): Business Coordinate_terms: part number, product code, product ID number Translations (stock keeping unit): 存貨單位 (Chinese Mandarin), 存货单位 (cúnhuò dānwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), varastonimike (Finnish), tuotetunnus (Finnish), tuotekoodi (Finnish), varastointiyksikkö (Finnish), SKU-tunnus (Finnish), jednostka magazynowa [feminine] (Polish), SKU (Polish)

Inflected forms

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