Vocabulary- Funeral Service Merchandising Flashcards
1
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A subdivision of a cemetery which consists of several grave or interment spaces.
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Lot
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An unornamented casket made of wood which does not have a fixed interior lining.
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Unfinished Wood Box
3
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A non-movable casket handle.
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Stationary Bar
4
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The focal part of the interior which fills the inside of the crown, sometimes bordered by the roll (cove); may be referred to as the panel.
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Cap Panel
5
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The relationship between the wholesale cost of the merchandise and the total cost (both service and merchandise) to the consumer.
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Merchandise Value Ratio (MVR)
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Printed or typewritten list of outer burial containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider which do not require special ordering. Must include retail price and enough descriptive information to enable consumers to identify the merchandise.
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Outer Burial Container Price List (OBCPL)
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The horizontal portion of the top body molding (body ledge) where the gasket is placed on gasketed caskets.
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Body Ledge Flange (Top Body Molding Flange)
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Source of market data that explains where certain businesses are located.
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Census of Business
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A casket in which the cap is in two pieces, the rim (ogee) and foot panel is one piece which is hinged to the top body molding and the head panel being the second piece which is hinged to the rim (ogee).
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Single Hinged Panel
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The process of planning and executing the development, pricing, promotion, and distribution of an organization’s goods or services.
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Marketing
11
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The amount by which the bill or invoice will be reduced when a minimum quantity of merchandise has been ordered.
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Quantity Discount
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A metal alloy of steel, chromium, and sometimes nickel which is used in casket construction; noted for its ability to resist rust.
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Stainless Steel
13
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A tightly drawn form of casket interior style.
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Tailored Interior
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A metal alloy consisting mainly of iron and carbon; used in caskets it is low in carbon which keeps it soft (mild) and malleable; commercial steel contains carbon in an amount up to 1.7% as an essential alloying constituent.
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Steel
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A textile weave in which threads are crossed over one another to give an appearance of diagonal lines.
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Twill Weave
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A thin crinkled cloth of silk, rayon, cotton, or wool.
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Crepe
17
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The turned under edge or horizontal portion of the rim which comes into contact with the gasket or body ledge flange (top body molding flange).
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Ogee Flange (Rim Flange)
18
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Material which drapes the inside perimeter of the body of the casket.
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Body Lining
19
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The upper and lower limits of a series of numbers.
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Range
20
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Any light, easily cut wood; cone bearing or coniferous.
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Softwood
21
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An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies.
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Cemetery
22
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A chart on which all sales are listed showing the number of sales in any sales bracket.
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Sales Frequency Chart
23
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A funeral service religious or otherwise, conducted at the grave.
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Graveside Service
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A transfer container consisting of a wooden tray with a cardboard covering for the casket.
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Air Tray
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Reflected illumination of an object.
Indirect Lighting
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The handles, ornamental fixtures and their fittings that are attached to the casket shell.
Hardware
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An inflow of assets as a result of selling a product or providing a service.
Income (Revenue)
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A removable metal unit that is placed inside a wooden casket shell to provide protective qualities.
Casket Liner
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Any person, partnership or corporation that sells or offers to sell funeral goods and funeral services to the public.
Funeral Provider
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A component part of the casket interior which lines the rim (ogee) and surrounds the cap panel.
Cove (Roll, Puffing)
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Itemized written statement provided for retention to each person who arranges a funeral or other disposition. It must include the goods and services selected and prices paid for each, itemization of cash advance items and the total cost.
Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected
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The wealth produced in or near a community that provides employment and income to the local population.
Economic Base
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A wheeled collapsible support of the casket, used in the funeral home, church, or home.
Church Truck
34
The goods which are sold or offered for sale directly to the public for use in connection with funeral services.
Funeral Goods
35
A transfer container consisting of a particle board box with a cardboard tray and cover to satisfy air shipping regulations.
Combination Case
36
A division of the total into four intervals, each one representing one-fourth of the total.
Quartile
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A fabric woven to create a smooth lustrous face and dull back.
Satin
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A type of credit granted by retailers that is used by individuals or families for satisfaction of their own wants.
Consumer Credit
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A grave liner consisting of six or eight slabs of unfinished concrete placed around the casket.
Concrete Sectional (Sectional)
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The current asset items consisting of cash, inventories, and accounts receivable.
Circulating Capital
41
A cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush to the ground markers.
Memorial Park
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Exist when a seller requires the purchase of unwanted items/services in order to obtain the desired item/service.
Typing Arrangements
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A source document showing quantity, description, prices of items, total amount of purchase and the terms of payment.
Invoice
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A service commemorating the deceased with the body present.
Funeral Ceremony
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Compose the sides and ends of the casket shell.
Body Panels
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A casket in which the rim (ogee), crown, and pies are formed as one unit with a transverse cut in the cap, forming a two-piece lid for the casket.
Perfection Half Couch
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The method of selling merchandise whereby the funeral director does not stay in the selection room during the selection process.
Indirect Selection Room Procedure
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The lower, or supporting part of a monument. In some monuments, there may be a first, second, and third base.
Base
49
A reduction of selling price below the original selling price.
Markdown
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An inscription placed on a monument to commemorate the deeds or qualities of the departed.
Epitaph
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A casket opening style in which the cap or lid at the head end of the casket is completely removed from the casket for the purpose of viewing; the remains may be viewed from either side of the casket.
Priest Casket (Slip Panel, Slip Top)
52
A casket made from a core of copper metal to which copper ions are combined by an electrolytic process.
Copper Deposit
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A small headstone, set above ground, with a lightly slanting top.
Bevel Top Marker
54
Funeral provider must give consumers who call accurate information from the price lists and answer questions about offerings and prices with readily available information.
Telephone Price Disclosure
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A recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains. The aesthetic covering for the foot cap or inner foot panel of the casket.
Niche
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The part of the casket handle that attaches the bar to the lug (ear).
Arm
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A casket which is used as a temporary receptacle for the dead human remains for the purpose of visitation and funeral, with the intention that the remains will be placed in some other suitable container for permanent disposition, while the casket is intended to be reused for the same purpose.
Rental Casket
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Balance of costly goods paid for in small monthly (fractional) payments over a period of time.
Closed End Credit (Installment Credit)
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A main part of a monument, the upright portion above the base where the inscription is located.
Die (Tablet)
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A style of casket interior created by placing a padding material between a lining material and a backing material, with subsequent stitches taken, forming small raised puffs; carriage tufting and biscuit tufting are the two most common types used in casket.
Tufted Interior
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A building containing crypts or vaults for entombment; an above ground structure for burial.
Mausoleum
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A plan which provides inducements to potential purchasers or products and/or services.
Sales Promotion
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The component parts of the casket comprised of the cap (lid) and body of the casket.
Shell
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A physical object that is erected for the purpose of remembering.
Memorial
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Any metal which is not formed from iron.
Non-Ferrous Metal
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A rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or like material and ornamented and lined with fabric (FTC); a case or receptacle in which human remains are placed for protection, practical utility, and a suitable memory picture; any box or container or of one or more parts in which a dead human body is placed prior to interment, entombment, or cremation which may or may not be permanently interred, entombed, or cremated with the dead human remains.
Casket
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Particles of wood bonded together with waterproof glue; the different types are distinguished by the size and shape of the particles of wood used.
Composition Board (Particle Board, Pressed Board, Fiberboard, Hardboard)
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Three or four caskets utilized to educate the selecting party regarding the elements of casket construction.
Demonstration Group (Educational Group)
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A low luster finish.
Semi-Gloss Finish
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A casket in which the body panels are at a 90 degree angle to the bottom and the corners from the 90 degree angles.
State Casket (Vertical Side Square)
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Found on cut top gasketed caskets; is in integral part of the foot panel header on gasketed caskets; the function is to hold the transverse gasket to seal the space between the head and the foot caps.
Gasket Channel
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The most expensive hardware production method in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to cool, and is then removed from the mold.
Cast Hardware
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Made by uniting superimposed layers of different materials.
Laminates
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A casket body style with the body sides at a 90 degree angle to the bottom.
Vertical Side
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The illumination resulting from the glowing of a heated filament.
Incandescent Lighting
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The difference between merchandise cost and selling price (i.e. gross margin)
Markup
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An exterior casket finish in which the metal is coated with a substance that wrinkles as it dries; usually used on less expensive caskets.
Crinkled Finish
78
A chamber in a mausoleum, of sufficient size, generally used to contain the casketed remains of a deceased person.
Crypt
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The wedge shaped portion of the cap (lid) at each end of the crown.
Fishtail (Pie)
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A gasketed container which can be used as an insert into a casket or as a separate shipping container.
Metal Case (Ziegler Case)
81
A gasketed container which can be used as an insert into a casket or a separate shipping container.
Ziegler Case (Metal Case)
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A type of semi-luster or semi-gloss casket finish that is smooth with well defined fine lines or striations.
Satin Finish
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The decorative or ornamental part of the casket handle that covers the exposed ends of the bar.
Tip
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A pricing method where the mark-up varies.
Graduated Recovery
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A container for cremated remains, a vase with a foot or pedestal.
Urn
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A printed or typewritten list of goods and services offered for sale by a funeral provider with retail prices. Considered the keystone of the Funeral Rule.
General Price List (GPL)
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The illumination produced by a tubular electric discharge lamp; the florescence of phosphors coating the inside of a tube.
Fluorescent Lighting
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None of the 16 items required to be separately itemized on the GPL can be listed as this or no charge. Items not required by the rule can be listed as this.
Free Items
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Thin sheets of wood glued together so that the grains are at right angles to one another; an odd number of sheets will be used so that the grain on the front and back will always run the same direction.
Plywood
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A section in a cemetery set aside for the scattering of the ashes of cremated human remains.
Scattering Garden
91
To give to an agent to be cared for or sold.
Consignment
92
Grave space where two or more persons may be buried in grave liners which have been stacked one on top of the other, with the first person who dies being buried in the deepest grave liner with subsequent burials on top.
Lawncrypt
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A method of price quotation in which the charges are broken down into several major component parts such as professional services, facilities, automobile and merchandise.
Functional Pricing
94
Molten bronze poured into a mold and allowed to cool.
Cast Bronze
95
Any tough, heavy timber with compact texture; any deciduous tree (any tree that loses its leaves annually).
Hardwood
96
A ceremony commemorating the deceased without the body present.
Memorial Service
97
A casket design in which the body panels display the shape of an urn.
Urnside
98
Date that the specific Price List was put into use.
Effective Date
99
Tie set aside for friends and relatives to pay respect for the deceased prior to the funeral service.
Visitation (Calling Hours, Visiting Hours)
100
The lining attached to the undersurface of the foot panel of the casket and/or a component part of the throw (overlay) which extends downward into the body of the casket.
Apron
101
A group of potential customers possessing purchasing power and unsatisfied needs.
Market
102
Illumination directly shining on an object.
Direct Lighting
103
A method of closure that utilizes an epoxy compound in conjunction with tongue-in-groover construction at the top edge and the lid of the vault.
Top Seal
104
The purchasing, pricing, display, and sale of merchandise.
Merchandising
105
A method of price quotation in which one price includes both service and casket.
Unit Pricing
106
A compound, similar in appearance to plastic, that has a high molecular weight creating an extremely durable substance.
Polymer
107
A monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human body not present.
Cenotaph
108
That portion of the casket interior covering the hinges that attach the casket cap to the casket body; usually extends from the roll and becomes a part of the body lining.
Hinge Cover (Hinge Skirt)
109
A substance composed of two or more metals.
Alloy
110
Component part of cap/lid that is constructed into caskets that display a cut top; provides strength/rigidity at the point of the transverse cut.
Header (Cap Filler)
111
The method of price quotation by which each unit of service and/or merchandise is priced separately.
Itemization
112
Airtight; impervious to external influence; completely sealed caskets by fusion or soldering.
Hermetically Sealed
113
An outer enclosure which offers protection from the earth load but without protection from the elements.
Grave Liner
114
A cemetery marker that has a face that has an angle greater than 45 degrees but less than 90 degrees in relationship to the terrain.
Slant Marker
115
A component part of the casket interior which is inside the head portion of the cap; no distinction is made between the head panel and foot panel in full couch.
Head Panel
116
A hardware production method of lesser expense whereby the casket hardware sections are pressed out in a hydraulic press.
Stamped Hardware
117
Interior cloth or material which covers the mattress or bedding of the casket.
Mattress Cover
118
Molding along the lowermost edge of the body panels.
Base Molding
119
A style of casket interior in which the material is drawn or gathered in parallel fashion in a multiple needle head sewing process.
Shirred Interior
120
A study that is used by a business to determine where the potential customers are located.
Market Survey
121
A formal financial statement which presents the income, expenses, and resulting net profit or net loss for a given period.
Income Statement
| Profit and Loss Statement, Statement of Operations, Operating Statement
122
The quantity to be purchased which minimizes total costs.
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
123
Bare metal is scratched with an abrasive material and then finished until a smooth high gloss is obtained.
Brushed Finish
124
The number of times sales in a given price bracket occur over a fixed period of time.
Sales Frequency
125
A malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish brown color.
Copper
126
The sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of units.
Average (Mean)
127
A fabric woven to look like the linen used as casket lining material.
Linen Weave
128
A type of cemetery monument in which the die is wider than it is tall.
Horizontal Tablet
129
A molding along the uppermost edge of the body panels.
Body Ledge (Top Body Molding)
130
A product that, excepting some hardware components, is made from lumber cut into boards from the trunk of a tree; the casket shell has no components formed from wood by-products.
Solid Wood
131
An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designated for the encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering) or like materials.
Alternative Container
132
Factors which influence prices.
Pricing Policy
133
A line of credit that may be used over and over again up to a certain borrowing limit.
Open-End Credit (Revolving Credit)
134
An outer enclosure which offers protection from the earth load as well as possessing sealing qualities.
Vault
135
The finish created when base metal is coated by another metal via an electrolytic process; it is identified when used in casket construction by the term "deposit" as in "copper deposit."
Plated Finish
136
A device upon which two or three caskets are placed, one on top of the other for display or storage.
Casket Rack
137
That portion of the casket shell containing the top body molding, body panel, base molding, and casket bottom.
Body
138
A method of closure that utilizes the air pressure created by placing the dome of the vault onto the base of the vault.
Air Seal
139
The occurrence of situation that requires certain action. i.e., for giving out the GPL, it is the face-to-face meeting.
Triggering Event
140
The number of times the average inventory has been sold or used up during a period.
Inventory Turnover
141
Basic services is the only which which the consumer cannot decline (unless state or local law requires otherwise). Funeral Provider should recover expenses for services, facilities or unallocated overhead in this charge.
Non-Declinable Service Fee
142
A range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding together wood strands, particles, fibers or veneers with adhesives to form composite materials. Sometimes referred to as composite wood or manufactured wood products.
Engineered Wood (Composite Wood, Manufactured Wood)
143
Placing caskets in the selection room in their order of increasing or decreasing value.
Consecutive Method
144
Source of market data that keeps track of new home sales by region and/or the construction of new houses by region and specific area.
Census of Housing
145
Method used my management to establish the selling price for services and merchandise.
Price Determination
146
The art of making the public aware of the services or commodities that the business has for sale.
Advertising
147
A casket shell design in which the sides and ends of the casket body flare out from the bottom to the top; a casket shell design that is narrower and shorter at the bottom than at the opening of the top.
Flaring Square
148
The point at which total sales revenue equals total operating costs; determined by formula or chart.
Break-Even Analysis
149
A combination of a tailored interior with one or more other styles of interior, for effect.
Semi-Tailored Finish
150
Disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present.
Direct Cremation
151
A disposition of human remains by burial without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present, except for a graveside service.
Immediate Burial
152
A type of cemetery memorial consisting of a top piece supported by two standards; used to identify family burial plots or used in conjunction with a family monument.
Bench
153
A finish used on casket exteriors that is free of gloss; dull lusterless surface; no shine or glass.
Flat Finish (Matte Finish)
154
A small headstone which is set with its top even with the surrounding terrain.
Flush Marker
155
A subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots.
Block
156
A heavy durable cotton fabric with a short (1/8th inch or less), thick, velvety nap on one side; woven cloth with a suede-like appearance with a nap of less than 1/8th inch.
Doeskin (Moleskin)
157
The uppermost part of the cap, extending from rim to rim; everything above the rim.
Crown
158
A material consisting of extremely fine filaments of glass embedded in various resins.
Fiberglass
159
Wood that has been shredded into spaghetti like strings.
Excelsior (Wood Wool)
160
A casket having eight angles or corners and therefore has eight sides or body panels.
Octagon
161
Those goods or stock of goods which are held for resale at a profit.
Inventory (Merchandise)
162
A synthetic or natural organic material shaped when soft and then hardened.
Plastic
163
The aesthetic covering for the foot cap or inner foot panel of the casket.
Overlay (Overthrow, Throw)
164
The miscellaneous items provided or used to complement the services of a funeral director. I.e., register books, acknowledgement cards, memorial folders/programs, religious paraphernalia, flag case, etc.
Sundry Items
165
The top most part of the casket shell, including the ogee, crown, pie, and header.
Cap (Lid)
166
Any metal formed from iron (steel or stainless steel)
Ferrous Metal
167
A measurement of thickness of metals; the number of sheets of metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness.
Gauge
168
A method of closure that utilizes the principle of the air seal in conjunction with an epoxy material at the junction of the done and the base of the vault.
Double Seal
169
A leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of death.
Pouch
170
A single handle in which the lug, arm, and bar are combined in one unit.
Bail Handle
171
Funeral goods consumers purchase from a source other than the funeral provider.
Third Party Merchandise
172
Printed or typewritten list of the casket and alternative containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider which does not require special ordering. Must include retail price and enough descriptive information to enable consumers to identify the merchandise.
Casket Price List
173
An "S" shaped molding that is a component part of the casket cap.
Ogee (Rim)
174
An approach used in business valuation which determines value based upon previous sales of similar businesses.
Market Value Approach
175
An optional part of the hardware that is attached to the four corners of the body panel.
Corner
176
A casket in which the rim (ogee), crown, and pies are formed as one unit and which raises as one piece.
Perfection Full Couch
177
A casket which is sold for the purpose of interring or entombing with the dead human remains.
Burial Casket
178
Pressed paper in sheet form; used in casket construction as a backing (upholstery) material.
Masselin
179
The value that occurs most frequently in a group of numbers.
Mode
180
A form of casket interior created by placing the lining material on a metal form, weights added, the material steamed, and then attached to a suitable upholstery (backing) material.
Crushed Interior
181
The portion of the casket upon which the deceased human remains are placed.
Bed
182
The portion of the casket interior which extends over the top body molding (body ledge) for aesthetic value.
Extendover (Large Body)
183
Price lists which may be prepared for use in certain limited situations such as children/infants, for government agencies to provide for indigent persons, for agreements with religious groups, burial or memorial societies for members of their group.
Alternative Price Lists
184
A structure, room,or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
Columbarium
185
An outer enclosure consisting of a body and a one or two piece lid.
Grave Box
186
A pricing method which groups together selected services and/or merchandise.
Package Pricing
187
A subdivision of a cemetery containing several blocks.
Section
188
Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser as a "cash advance", "accommodation", "cash dispersement", or similar item. Is also any item obtained from a third party and paid for by the funeral provider on the purchaser's behalf. May include, but are not limited to: Cemetery or crematory services; pallbearers; public transportation; clergy honoria; flowers; musicians or singers; nurses; obituary notices; gratuities and death certificates.
Cash Advance Items
189
An excavation in the earth as a place for interment.
Grave
190
An outer enclosure utilized for the protection of casketed remains during transportation.
Transfer Container
191
That part of the casket handle, attached to the lug or arm, which is grasped by the casket bearer.
Bar
192
A method of price quotation showing separately the price of the service to be rendered and the price of the casket.
Bi-Unit Pricing
193
Bronze metal rolled into sheets.
Wrought Bronze
194
The amount of illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot.
Foot Candle
195
The statistical study of human populations with respect to their size, density, distribution, composition, and income.
Demographics
196
A sprayed finish that has the appearance of small indentations in the metal (as if struck by a ballpeen hammer); the "indentations" are in the paint and appear as the paint dries; usually found on inexpensive caskets.
Hammertone Finish
197
A type of cemetery monument in which the die is taller than it is wide.
Vertical Tablet
198
The method of selling caskets whereby the funeral director remains in the selection room throughout the selection process.
Direct Selection Room Procedure
199
Source of market data that compiles population statistics with regard to distribution of population by region, area, etc.
Census of Population
200
Functional or ornamental covering that usually covers the foot end of the casket in the full couch casket; may be located at both the head and foot of the full couch casket.
Inner Panels
201
The part of the casket handle that is attached to the casket body.
Ear (Lug)
202
A small headstone, usually of one piece, used to identify individual graves.
Marker
203
A casket constructed from many different species of wood (ex: poplar, cottonwood); sometimes referred to as salix or willow; the component parts of a single casket will not necessarily be constructed of the same species of wood.
Salix (Selected Hardwood)
204
A structure, usually of stone or metal, erected to commemorate the life, deeds, or career of a deceased person; from the Latin word meaning to remind.
Monument
205
Charge, fee or surcharge applied to consumers who purchase their casket elsewhere from a source other than the price list/funeral provider (these fees were eliminated by the Amended Funeral Rule and can no longer be charged to the consumer).
Casket Handling Fees
206
A strip of metal, plastic, or cloth that is attached to the inside of the panel, covering the area at which point the roll (cove) is anchored.
Fold (Gimp)
207
The percentage derived by dividing the wholesale cost of the merchandise by the retail price of the merchandise.
Consumer Value Index (CVI)
208
The emphasis placed on providing to consumers products and services that are safe, reliable, and honestly advertised; also, a social movement that seeks to strengthen the rights of consumers relative to sellers.
Consumerism
209
Any container which is designed for placement in the grave around the casket, including, but not limited to containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, and grave liners.
Outer Burial Container
210
Copper metal rolled into sheets.
Wrought Copper
211
A value in an ordered set of values which represents the midpoint, whereby there are an equal number of values above and below the midpoint value.
Median
212
The top of an air seal burial vault which entraps air as it is put in position; it also supports the weight of the earth above.
Dome
213
An association of business people who attempt to protect and promote the commercial interests in a community.
Chamber of Commerce
214
A woven cloth with a nap exceeding 1/8th inch.
Plush
215
A metal alloy consisting of 90% copper with tin and sometimes zinc comprising the other 10%.
Bronze
216
A fabric made from flax, noted for its strength, coolness and luster.
Linen
217
A twilled, napped, woolen or worsted fabric with a smooth lustrous face and dense texture; a fabric usually made of cotton, silk, or rayon woven in a plain or rib weave with a soft semi-gloss finish.
Broadcloth
218
A reduction of the price given for payment of an account within the time limits established by the sales contract. 2/10, n/30- 2% discount if paid in 10 days from date of invoice/net amount must be paid within 30 days of date of invoice.
Cash Discount
219
Steel that has been coated with zinc for increased resistance to rust.
Galvanized
220
An environmentally safe casket which is designed for encasing dead human remains for cremation.
Cremation Casket
221
Component part of cap/lid that is constructed into caskets that display a cut top; provides strength/rigidity at the point of the transverse cut.
Bridge (Header, Cap Filler)
222
To ornament with raised work; to raise relief from the surface; material having designs raised above the surface.
Embossed
223
Any product consisting of a unit or a series of units which are designed or intended to be used together as both a casket and as a permanent burial receptacle.
Combination Case
224
A container used to hold a dead human body which is constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds and ridges.
Corrugated Container
225
Method used by which prices are explained to the consumer (example, itemized GPL required by FTC but package pricing allowed).
Price Quotation
226
Use of portions of caskets (1/2, 1/4, 1/8) in the selection room v. full sized caskets.
Fractional Display
227
A screw type fastener.
Threaded Fastener
228
A fabric of silk, cotton, and possible rayon, with a nap.
Velvet
229
A return of a portion of payment.
Rebate
230
A business that purchases finished goods for resale.
Merchandising Business
231
A component part of the casket interior which is inside the foot portion of the cap.
Foot Panel
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A price determination method whereby the casket cost is multiplied by a constant factor.
Fixed Multiple (Straight Line)
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The stand or support upon which a casket rests in the selection room.
Casket Stand (Casket Standard, Bier)
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A surface made smooth and glossy usually by friction; brought to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; burnished.
Polished Finish
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A casket having ends in the shape of a half circle.
Elliptic
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A method of molding plastic by injecting molten plastic into a die.
Plastic Extrusion Molding
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An agreement that payment for a product or service will be made at some later date.
Credit
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Created by gluing a thin layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to an inferior wood.
Wood Veneer
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A case or receptacle for dead human remains which is anthropoidal in shape.
Coffin
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A moveable casket handle with a hinged arm.
Swing Bar
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The turned under edge or horizontal portion of the header.
Header Flange
