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INVENTORYING
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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
inventorying
present participle of inventory
Source: Wiktionary
INVENTORY
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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