BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Absorb
- to assign an overhead to a particular cost center in a company's production accounts so that its identity becomes lost.
- See also Absorption Costing
Wiktionary Definition for: Absorb
- transitive To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.
- transitive To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. - Bacon
- transitive To learn
- transitive To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, '''absorbed''' in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
- transitive To consume completely.
- transitive To endure.
- transitive physics To take up by chemical or physical action.
- Ex: ''Heat, light, and electricity are '''absorbed''' in the substances into which they pass.''
- transitive finance To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
Additional Resources
- SONY TO ABSORB AIWA, WILL MAINTAIN AIWA BRAND NAME.
- TOKYO, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) said Friday that it will absorb Aiwa Co. (TSE:6761) on Dec. 1. TOKYO, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) said Friday that it will absorb Aiwa Co. (TSE:6761) on Dec. 1.
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- National League of Cities to Congress: Cities Can't Absorb Federal Budget Cuts
- In a letter to all members of Congress, Arlington, Mass. First Selectman and NLC President Charles Lyons explained that local fiscal problems have left cities with "virtually no capacity to absorb or compensate for cuts in program budgets." TheIn a letter to all members of Congress, Arlington, Mass. First...
- Research articles 2004-01-31
- KCS receives permission to absorb TFM.
- MEXICO CITY, Jun 27, 2003 (El Universal/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The Federal Competition Commission CFC has given permission to Kansas City Southern KCS to absorb Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana TFM. Acco MEXICO CITY, Jun 27, 2003 (El Universal/Corporate Mexico by Internet...
- Research articles 2003-06-29
- Japan's Denso studying using algae to absorb emissions
- TOKYO AFP — Major Japanese auto parts maker Denso Corp. has begun investigating if it can use algae to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from its factories, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Denso, part of auto giant Toyota, is looking at minute green algae called "pseudochoricystis," which can be found...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Why Isn't Digitas Growing Fast Enough to Absorb Its Layoffs?
- The layoffs of 2 percent of Digitas' staff raises the question of whether Publicis paid too much -- $1.3 billion -- to acquire the digital ad agency network in 2006. Most of the reports have focused, rightly, on the fact that Digitas client General Motors is likely to abandon or...
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- Small Texas Home Insurers Try to Absorb Customers of Departing Farmers Group.
- By Aissatou Sidime, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--Farmers Insurance Group of Cos.' decision to abandon Texas has left smaller insurers scrambling to calculate just how many of the big company's 700,000 homeowners customers they can absorb. ...
- Research articles 2002-09-27
- EGYPT: ARAB MARKETS ABSORB 70% OF ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES' EXPORTS.
- According to Al-Ahram newspaper (May 31, 2008), Dr. Ahmed Fekry, Chairman of the Egyptian Export Council for Engineering and Electronic Industries, said that the Arab countries absorb 70% of Egypt's engineering and electronic products exports. The European markets absorb 26% of these exports.
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Matsushita to Absorb Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
- OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI (NYSE symbol: MC)), best known for its "Panasonic" brand, today announced that the company will absorb Matsushita Industrial Information Equipment Co., Ltd. MIIE, as announced in the November 29, 2004 press release "Reorganization and Consolidation of Industrial Equipment Business." The merger...
- Research articles 2005-02-04
- The White House contends that budget deficits should shrink enough during President Bush's term that the country could absorb the transition financing, estimated at $1 trillion over 10 years if workers divert two percentage points of their tax to private
- The White House contends that budget deficits should shrink enough during President Bush's term that the country could absorb the transition financing, estimated at $1 trillion over 10 years if workers divert two percentage points of their tax to private accounts. It argues that borrowing money now is merely bringing...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Matsushita to Absorb Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
- OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI [NYSE symbol: MC]), best known for its Panasonic brand, today announced that the Company will absorb Matsushita Technoresearch, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEI.
- Research articles 2007-07-25
- Matsushita to Absorb Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
- OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. MEI (NYSE:MC), best known for its Panasonic brand, today announced that its Board of Directors has decided that MEI will absorb Matsushita Refrigeration Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEI.
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- Adding nanotubes makes ordinary materials absorb vibration; New composites could remove buzz from speakers, sting from golf clubs.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2006-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Adding nanotubes makes ordinary materials absorb vibration; New composites could remove buzz from speakers, sting from golf clubsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08022006 Troy, N.Y. -- A new study suggests that integrating nanotubes into traditional...
- Research articles 2006-02-08
- South Carolina Fund to Absorb Millions in Claims Against Insolvent Insurer.
- By Jim Parker, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 7--A state fund will absorb up to $56 million in claims in South Carolina from the insolvency of Philadelphia-based Reliance Insurance Co., one of the largest failures involving a property...
- Research articles 2001-10-07
- Compensation Payouts Set to Absorb 20 Percent of Thai Insurance Premiums.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Payouts on damage caused by the current floods will probably absorb at least 20 percent of property insurance premiums paid this year, industry experts say. The losses for general insurance companies could...
- Research articles 2002-10-08
- Proposed Thai Powdered Egg Plant Could Absorb Surplus.
- By Phusadee Arunmas, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 17--Egg traders and producers want the government to fund the establishment of a powdered egg plant to absorb the local surplus. A preliminary study puts the cost of the plant...
- Research articles 2003-01-17
- Thai Economy May Take Four Years to Absorb Jobless, Political Scientist Says.
- By Darana Chudasri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28--The economy would take three to four years to absorb the current level of unemployment even if economic growth reached between 6 percent and 7 percent a year, said Somchai Phagaphasvivat,...
- Research articles 2003-01-28
- FRPs with cell cores absorb crash energy. (Technology Update).
- US researchers have developed lightweight FRPs to protect persons and equipment during aircraft and ground-vehicle crashes. The structures are designed to hold their initial shape and sustain rated loads under normal operating conditions, and, during crashes, to undergo sustained deformation with high stroke efficiency...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- Developing Countries must improve capacity to absorb and use technology, says World Bank.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 January 2008-The World Bank Group: Developing Countries must improve capacity to absorb and use technology, says World BankC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09012008 LONDON -- Rapid technological progress in developing countries has helped to raise incomes and reduce...
- Research articles 2008-01-09
- Lightweight structures absorb crash energy. (Health, Safety and Protection).
- US researchers have developed lightweight composites to protect persons and equipment during aircraft and ground-vehicle crashes. The structures are designed to hold their initial shape and sustain rated loads under normal operating conditions, and, during crashes, to undergo sustained deformation with high stroke efficiency...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- Kinki Nippon Railway to absorb Kintetsu...
- OSAKA, Jan. 25 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING REVISIONS IN EARNINGS PROJECTION, MORE INFORMATION) Kinki Nippon Railway Co. said Friday it will absorb its affiliate Kintetsu Real Estate Co. on April 1 as part of larger restructuring moves in its group's real estate businesses. ...
- Research articles 2002-01-28
