Because Direct Materials Inventory reports the standard cost of the actual materials on hand, we reduce the account balance by $870 (290 yards used $3 standard cost per yard). After removing 290 yards of materials, the balance in the Direct Materials Inventory account is $2,130 (710 yards x $3 standard cost per yard).
void (plural voids) 1  An empty space; a vacuum. ( 2 astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies. ( 3 materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. ( 4 fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
See: invalid, void. (of a contract) unable to be enforced by either party or unenforceable by one. In the former case, the contract is for practical purposes void, but in the latter case the other party may enforce. This question arises most often in relation to ILLEGAL CONTRACTs.