inventory
- inventory
in•ven•to•ry
[[t]ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i[/t]]
n. pl. -to•ries,
1) a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, etc., made each year by a business
2) the items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods
3) the aggregate value of a stock of goods
4) a detailed, often descriptive list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog
5) a formal list of the property of a person or estate
6) a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance
7) a catalog of natural resources
8) the act of making a catalog or detailed listing
9) to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog
10) to evaluate or summarize
11) cvb to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock
12) to have value as shown by an inventory
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Etymology:
1400–1450; late ME inventorie < ML inventōrium
in′ven•to`ri•a•ble, adj.
in`ven•to′ri•al, adj.
in`ven•to′ri•al•ly, adv.
syn:
See list I .
From formal English to slang.
2014.
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Inventory — In ven*to*ry, n.; pl. {Inventories}. [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See {Invent}.] 1. An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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inventory — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. inventoire inventory, detailed list of goods, catalogue, from M.L. inventorium (L.L. inventarium) list of what is found, from L. inventus, pp. of invenire to find (see INVENTION (Cf. invention)). The verb is first… … Etymology dictionary
inventory — ► NOUN (pl. inventories) 1) a complete list of items such as goods in stock or the contents of a building. 2) a quantity of goods in stock. ► VERB (inventories, inventoried) ▪ make an inventory of. ORIGIN Latin inventarium … English terms dictionary
inventory — n *list, register, schedule, catalog, table, roll, roster … New Dictionary of Synonyms
inventory — meaning ‘an official list of goods etc.’, is pronounced in vǝn tǝ ri in BrE and in vǝn taw ri in AmE … Modern English usage
inventory — [n] list of stock; stock account, backlog, catalogue, file, fund, hoard, index, itemization, record, register, reserve, reservoir, roll, roster, schedule, stock book, stockpile, store, summary, supply, table, tabulation; concepts 283,338 … New thesaurus
inventory — the value of all the stock of physical items that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms A category of goods defined by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial… … Financial and business terms
