INVENTORY

inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking

(noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; “an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing”; “they held an inventory every month”

stock, inventory

(noun) the merchandise that a shop has on hand; “they carried a vast inventory of hardware”; “they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory”

armory, armoury, inventory

(noun) a collection of resources; “he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer”

inventory, stock list

(noun) a detailed list of all the items in stock

inventory

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

inventory, take stock, stock-take

(verb) make or include in an itemized record or report; “Inventory all books before the end of the year”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

inventory (plural inventories)

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

(RPG) A space containing the items available to a character for immediate use.

Synonyms

• See also list

Verb

inventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)

(transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

Synonyms

• index

• inventorize

• take inventory

• take stock

Source: Wiktionary

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In"ven*to*ry, n.; pl. Inventories. Etym: [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See Invent.]

Definition: An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business. There take an inventory of all I have. Shak.

Syn.

– List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.

In"ven*to*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inventoried; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventorying.] Etym: [Cf. F. inventorier.]

Definition: To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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