Mors 200 Arts Final - Funeral Service Management and Merchandising Vocabulary Part 4

A substance composed of two or more metals.

A recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains.

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.

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.

A method of price quotation showing separately the price of the service to be rendered and the price of the casket.

A casket which is sold for the purpose of interring or entombing with the dead human remains.

A method of price quotation in which one price includes both service and casket.

A pricing method where the mark-up varies.

A monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human body not present.

The amount by which the bill or invoice will be reduced when a minimum quantity of merchandise has been ordered.

A measurement of thickness of metals; the number of sheets of metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness.

The method of selling merchandise whereby the funeral director does not stay in the selection room during the selection process.

A surface made smooth and glossy usually by friction; brought to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; burnished.

A casket in which the rim (ogee), crown, and pies are formed as one unit and which raises as one piece.

A return of a portion of a payment.

A low luster finish.

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.

The part of the casket handle that is attached to the casket body.

The purchasing, pricing, display, and sale or merchandise.

Steel that has been coated with zinc for increased resistance to rust.

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.

A fabric woven to look like linen used as a casket lining material.

A main part of a monument, the upright portion above the base where the inscription is located.

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.

A subdivision of a cemetery which consists of several grave and interment spaces.