cookie jar reserve

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Noun1.cookie jar reserve - a hidden reserve that can be used to adjust quarterly earning reports
hidden reserve - reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values)
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The first is that it will allow companies to create a cookie jar reserve with their inventory.
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Grace then used the "cookie jar reserve" account to prop up earnings in lean periods.
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