'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundance,
- account,
- account book,
- accounts,
- accounts payable ledger,
- accounts receivable ledger,
- accumulation,
- active list,
- add up,
- amassment,
- annals,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- audit,
- backlog,
- balance,
- balance sheet,
- balance the books,
- bank ledger,
- bankbook,
- blacklist,
- body count,
- book,
- books,
- budget,
- calendar,
- call-up,
- canvass,
- capitulation,
- card ledger,
- cashbook,
- cast up,
- catalog,
- catalog goods,
- census,
- check,
- check out,
- checklist,
- chronicle,
- cipher up,
- civil list,
- code,
- collection,
- colligation,
- collocation,
- combination,
- commissariat,
- commissary,
- commodities,
- comparison,
- composition,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congregation,
- constituents,
- consumer goods,
- consumer items,
- content,
- contents,
- convergence,
- cornucopia,
- corralling,
- correspondence,
- cost card,
- cost ledger,
- cost sheet,
- count,
- count up,
- cumulation,
- data-gathering,
- daybook,
- demonstrate,
- detail,
- digest,
- divisions,
- documentation,
- double-check,
- dump,
- effects,
- elements,
- enroll,
- enter,
- enumerate,
- enumeration,
- factory ledger,
- figure up,
- file,
- foot up,
- fund,
- gathering,
- goods,
- goods for sale,
- guts,
- head count,
- heap,
- history,
- hoard,
- impanel,
- index,
- ingathering,
- ingredients,
- innards,
- insides,
- inspect the books,
- itemization,
- itemize,
- items,
- job lot,
- journal,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- keep score,
- larder,
- ledger,
- letters,
- line,
- line of goods,
- list,
- log,
- logbook,
- mail-order goods,
- mass,
- material,
- materials,
- materiel,
- memorial,
- merchandise,
- mobilization,
- munitions,
- muster,
- nest egg,
- nose count,
- overhaul,
- part,
- parts,
- passbook,
- pigeonhole,
- pile,
- pipe roll,
- plenitude,
- plenty,
- post,
- program,
- prove,
- provisionment,
- provisions,
- purchase ledger,
- rations,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- recapitulation,
- recite,
- reckon up,
- reckoning,
- record,
- record book,
- recording,
- recount,
- recounting,
- register,
- registry,
- rehearsal,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- relic,
- remains,
- repertoire,
- repertory,
- reservoir,
- retired list,
- rick,
- rodeo,
- roll,
- rolls,
- roster,
- rota,
- roundup,
- sales journal,
- sales ledger,
- schedule,
- score,
- score up,
- scroll,
- sick list,
- sideline,
- stack,
- staples,
- statement,
- stock,
- stock ledger,
- stock-in-trade,
- stockpile,
- store,
- stores,
- stores ledger,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summary,
- summate,
- summation,
- summing,
- summing up,
- supplies,
- supply on hand,
- survey,
- suspense ledger,
- synopsize,
- table,
- table of organization,
- tabulate,
- take account of,
- take stock,
- tally,
- tally sheet,
- tally up,
- token,
- tot up,
- total,
- total up,
- tote up,
- trace,
- treasure,
- treasury,
- vendibles,
- verify,
- vestige,
- wares,
- whole
Words containing 'Inventory'
- Inventorial,
- Inventorially,
- Inventoried,
- Inventories,
- Inventorying,
- inventory accounting,
- inventory control,
- inventory item,
- parts inventory,
- personality inventory,
- california personality inventory,
- eysenck personality inventory,
- inventory-clearance sale,
- minnesota multiphasic personality inventory,
- self-report inventory,
- self-report personality inventory