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in⋅ven⋅to⋅ry

[in-vuh

n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

noun, plural -to⋅ries, verb, -to⋅ried, -to⋅ry⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.

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

3.	the aggregate value of a stock of goods.

4.	raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold.

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

6.	a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods.

7.	a formal list of the property of a person or estate.

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

9.	a catalog of natural resources, esp. a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area.

10.	the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.

–verb (used with object)

11.	to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.

12.	to take stock of; evaluate: to inventory one's life and accomplishments.

13.	to summarize: to inventory the progress in chemistry.

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

–verb (used without object)

15.	to have value as shown by an inventory: stock that inventories at two million dollars.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME inventorie < ML inventōrium; see invent, -tory ²

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Language Translation for : inventory

Spanish:

inventario,

German:

das Inventarsverzeichnis,

Japanese:

目録

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in·ven·to·ry (ĭn'vən-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. in·ven·to·ries

1. A detailed, itemized list, report, or record of things in one's possession, especially a periodic survey of all goods and materials in stock.
2. The process of making such a list, report, or record.
3. The items listed in such a report or record.
4. The quantity of goods and materials on hand; stock.
An evaluation or a survey, as of abilities, assets, or resources.

tr.v. in·ven·to·ried, in·ven·to·ry·ing, in·ven·to·ries

To make an itemized report or record of.
To include in an itemized report or record.

[Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenīre, to find; see invent.]

in'ven·to'ri·al adj., in'ven·to'ri·al·ly adv.

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inventory (n.)

1415, from M.Fr. inventaire "detailed list of goods," from M.L. inventorium "list of what is found," from L. inventus, pp. of invenire "to find" (see invention). The verb is first recorded 1601.

inventory
noun
1.	a detailed list of all the items in stock
2.	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]
3.	(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
4.	a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: armory]
5.	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"
verb
1.	make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year"

inventory

An itemized list of a firm's goods that have not yet been sold.

[Chapter:] Business and Economics

Inventory

In"ven*to*ry\, n.; pl. Inventories. [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See Invent.] 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.

There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak.

Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.

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.

I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. --Shak.