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Definitions of inventory [ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i]

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Definition of 'inventory'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) inventory
a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, etc., made each year by a business.

2.  inventory
the items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods.

3.  inventory
the aggregate value of a stock of goods.

4.  inventory
a detailed, often descriptive list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog.

5.  inventory
a formal list of the property of a person or estate.

6.  inventory
a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance.

7.  inventory
a catalog of natural resources.

8.  inventory
the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.

9. (v.t.) inventory
to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.

10.  inventory
to evaluate or summarize.

11.  inventory
to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock.

12. (v.i.) inventory
to have value as shown by an inventory.

Etymology: (1400–1450; late ME inventorie < ML inventōrium)

Definition of 'inventory'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) stock, inventory
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"

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

4. (noun) armory, armoury, inventory
a collection of resources
"he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

5. (verb) inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking
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"

6. (verb) inventory, take stock, stock-take
make or include in an itemized record or report
"Inventory all books before the end of the year"

Definition of 'inventory'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) inventory
a list or record of everything in a place
We've made an inventory of all kitchen equipment.

Definition of 'inventory'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) inventory
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

2. (verb) inventory
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

Translation of 'inventory'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a formal and detailed list of goods eg house furniture.
Afrikaans: voorraadlys, register	Arabic: قائِمَة جَرْ للبَضائِع	Bulgarian: инвентар
Brazilian: inventário	Czech: inventář	German: das Inventarsverzeichnis
Danish: lagerliste; beholdningsop	Greek: κατάλογος, απογραφή	Spanish: inventario
Estonian: inventarinimestik	Farsi: فهرست موجودی	Finnish: inventaario
French: inventaire	Hebrew: מְצַאי	Hindi: विस्तृत सूची
Croatian: inventar	Hungarian: leltár	Indonesian: daftar
Icelandic: vöruskrá; eignaskrá	Italian: inventario	Japanese: 目録
Korean: 재고	Lithuanian: inventorius, aprašas	Latvian: inventāra saraksts
Malay: inventori	Dutch: inventaris	Polish: inwentarz, spis
Persian: فهرست موجودی	Pashto: د موجودى يا حاضرو شيانو ل	Portuguese: inventário
Romanian: inventar	Russian: опись	Slovak: inventár, zoznam, súpis
Slovenian: inventar	Serbian: inventar	Swedish: inventering, inventariefö
Thai: สินค้าที่มีอยู่ในร้าน	Turkish: envanter, döküm	Taiwanese: 存貨清單，詳細目錄
Ukrainian: інвентар; опис майна	Urdu: گھر یا دکان میں موجون سام	Vietnamese: bản kiểm kê
Chinese: 存货清单，详细目录
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