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Inventory

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Noun

1. inventory, stock list

a detailed list of all the items in stock

2. inventory, stock

the merchandise that a shop has on hand

Example Sentences:
'they carried a vast inventory of hardware'
'they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory'

3. inventory

(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

4. armory, armoury, inventory

a collection of resources

Example Sentences:
'he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer'

5. inventory, inventorying, stock-taking, stocktaking

making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand

Example Sentences:
'an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing'
'they held an inventory every month'

Verb

6. inventory, stock-take, take stock

make or include in an itemized record or report

Example Sentences:
'Inventory all books before the end of the year'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inventory

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noun
1. 
a detailed list of articles, goods, property, etc
2. (often plural) accounting, mainly US
a. 
the amount or value of a firm's current assets that consist of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods; stock
b. 
such assets individually
verb -tories, -torying or -toried
3. (transitive)
to enter (items) in an inventory; make a list of

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Inventory

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nounWord forms: plural ˈinvenˌtories
1. 
an itemized list or catalog of goods, property, etc.; esp., such a list of the stock of a business, taken annually
2. 
the store of goods, etc. that are or may be so listed; stock
3. 
any detailed list
4. 
the act of making such a list
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈinvenˌtoried or ˈinvenˌtorying
5. 
to make an inventory of
6. 
to place on an inventory

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inventory

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n. pl. in·ven·to·ries
1.
a. A detailed, itemized list, report, or record of things in one's possession, especially a periodic survey of all goods and materials in stock.
b. The process of making such a list, report, or record.
c. The items listed in such a report or record.
d. The quantity of goods and materials on hand; stock.
2. An evaluation or a survey, as of abilities, assets, or resources.
tr.v. in·ven·to·ried, in·ven·to·ry·ing, in·ven·to·ries
1. To make an itemized report or record of.
2. To include in an itemized report or record.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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