Inventory

['ɪnv(ə)nt(ə)rɪ] or ['ɪnvəntɔri]

Definition

(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'.

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

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

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

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. List (as of the goods of a merchant, or of a deceased person), roll, schedule, record, account, register, CATALOGUE.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Schedule, register, list, catalogue,[See BAWL], ~_\n.\]

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Definition

n. a list or schedule of articles comprised in an estate describing each article separately and precisely so as to show of what the estate consists.—v.t. to make an inventory of.—adj. Inventō′rial.—adv. Inventō′rially.

Editor: Michel