Inventory

//ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

    "Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item."

  2. 2
    making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand wordnet
  3. 3
    A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

    "The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop."

  4. 4
    the merchandise that a shop has on hand wordnet
  5. 5
    The process of producing or updating such a list.

    "This month's inventory took nearly three days."

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  1. 6
    a collection of resources wordnet
  2. 7
    A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.

    "You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory."

  3. 8
    a detailed list of all the items in stock wordnet
  4. 9
    The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.) especially

    "Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories."

  5. 10
    (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory. transitive

    "The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary."

  2. 2
    make or include in an itemized record or report wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).

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