'Inventory' definitions:

Definition of 'inventory'

From: WordNet
noun
A detailed list of all the items in stock [syn: inventory, stock list]
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" [syn: stock, inventory]
noun
(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
noun
A collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury, inventory]
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" [syn: inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]
verb
Make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year" [syn: inventory, take stock, stock-take]

Definition of 'Inventory'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 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. Hence: Any listing, as in a catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available for use or for sale. Specifically, the annual account listing the stock on hand, taken in any business. [1913 Webster]
  • There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak.
  • 2. The objects contained on an inventory[1]; especially: the stock of items on hand in any business, either for sale and not yet sold, or kept as raw materials to be converted into finished products. [PJC]
  • 3. The total value of all goods in an inventory[2]. [PJC]
  • 4. The act of making an inventory[1]. [PJC]
  • Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Inventory'

From: GCIDE
  • Inventory \In"ven*to*ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inventoried; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventorying.] [Cf. F. inventorier.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'inventory'

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