English to English
inventory
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noun (n)
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand(noun.artifact)Example:
They carried a vast inventory of hardware.
They stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory.
source: wordnet30 - (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods(noun.possession)source: wordnet30
- making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand(noun.act)Example:
An inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing.
They held an inventory every month.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- make or include in an itemized record or report(verb.social)Example:
Inventory all books before the end of the year.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913