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Term of the Road Dictionary

pseudo-item

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
Theme : Financial and Legal Tools Finance and Procurement Economics and Finance
Definition : Non-existing item assigned as a parent to a collection of related components in order to group items to facilitate planning design or a physical activity associated with the bill of materials, cf. phantom item [EN 14943].