inventory
English
Etymology
From Middle English inventorie, from Old French inventoire (whence French inventaire), from Late Latin inventarium, from Latin invenire (“to find out”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
inventory (plural inventories)
- (operations) 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.
- (operations) 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.
- (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
- This month's inventory took nearly three days.
- (roleplaying games) A space containing the items available to a character for immediate use.
- You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:list
Related terms
Translations
stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
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detailed list of all of the items on hand
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process of producing or updating such a list
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Verb
inventory (third-person singular simple present inventor, present participle ies, simple past and past participle inventoried)
- (transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
- The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.
Synonyms
Translations
to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
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Further reading
- “inventory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “inventory”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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