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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun inventory has 5 senses
- inventory(n = noun.communication) stock list - a detailed list of all the items in stock; Array is a kind of list, listing
- inventory(n = noun.artifact) stock - 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" is a kind of merchandise, product, ware
- inventory(n = noun.possession) Array - (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods; Array is a kind of register
- inventory(n = noun.cognition) armory, armoury - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" is a kind of imagination, resource, resourcefulness
- inventory(n = noun.act) inventorying, stock-taking, stocktaking - 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" is a kind of itemisation, itemization, listing
has parts: inventory item
has particulars: parts inventory
has particulars: stock-take, stocktake
Verb inventory has 1 sense
- inventory(v = verb.social) stock-take, take stock - make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year" is one way to list
Derived form noun inventorying1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
inventory, n. [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. [1913 Webster]"There take an inventory of all I have."
- The objects contained on an inventory{1}; [PJC]
- The total value of all goods in an inventory{2}. [PJC]
- The act of making an inventory{1}. [PJC]
Syn. -- List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.
inventory, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
"I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
inventory, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a complete list of goods in stock, house contents, etc.
2 the goods listed in this.
3 US the total of a firm's commercial assets.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 make an inventory of.
2 enter (goods) in an inventory.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a complete list of goods in stock, house contents, etc.
2 the goods listed in this.
3 US the total of a firm's commercial assets.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 make an inventory of.
2 enter (goods) in an inventory.
Etymology
ME f. med.L inventorium f. LL inventarium (as INVENT)
THESAURUS
inventory
abundance, account, account book, accounts, accounts payable ledger, accounts receivable ledger, accumulation, active list, add up, amassment, annals, assemblage, assembly, audit, backlog, balance, balance sheet, balance the books, bank ledger, bankbook, blacklist, body count, book, books, budget, calendar, call-up, canvass, capitulation, card ledger, cashbook, cast up, catalog, catalog goods, census, check, check out, checklist, chronicle, cipher up, civil list, code, collection, colligation, collocation, combination, commissariat, commissary, commodities, comparison, composition, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congregation, constituents, consumer goods, consumer items, content, contents, convergence, cornucopia, corralling, correspondence, cost card, cost ledger, cost sheet, count, count up, cumulation, data-gathering, daybook, demonstrate, detail, digest, divisions, documentation, double-check, dump, effects, elements, enroll, enter, enumerate, enumeration, factory ledger, figure up, file, foot up, fund, gathering, goods, goods for sale, guts, head count, heap, history, hoard, impanel, index, ingathering, ingredients, innards, insides, inspect the books, itemization, itemize, items, job lot, journal, junction, juxtaposition, keep score, larder, ledger, letters, line, line of goods, list, log, logbook, mail-order goods, mass, material, materials, materiel, memorial, merchandise, mobilization, munitions, muster, nest egg, nose count, overhaul, part, parts, passbook, pigeonhole, pile, pipe roll, plenitude, plenty, post, program, prove, provisionment, provisions, purchase ledger, rations, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation, recite, reckon up, reckoning, record, record book, recording, recount, recounting, register, registry, rehearsal, rehearse, relate, relic, remains, repertoire, repertory, reservoir, retired list, rick, rodeo, roll, rolls, roster, rota, roundup, sales journal, sales ledger, schedule, score, score up, scroll, sick list, sideline, stack, staples, statement, stock, stock ledger, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, stores ledger, sum, sum up, summarize, summary, summate, summation, summing, summing up, supplies, supply on hand, survey, suspense ledger, synopsize, table, table of organization, tabulate, take account of, take stock, tally, tally sheet, tally up, token, tot up, total, total up, tote up, trace, treasure, treasury, vendibles, verify, vestige, wares, wholeROGET THESAURUS
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List
N list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, register, account, bill, bill of costs, terrier, tally, listing, itemization, atlas, book, ledger, catalogue raisonne, tableau, invoice, bill of lading, prospectus, bill of fare, menu, carte, score, census, statistics, returns, contents, table of contents, outline, synopsis, checklist, table, chart, database, index, inverted file, word list, concordance, dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book, Red book, Blue book, Domesday book, cadastre, directory, gazetter, almanac, army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list, Almanach de Gotha, cadaster, Lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, Guiness's Book of World Records, roll, check roll, checker roll, bead roll, muster roll, muster book, roster, panel, jury list, cartulary, diptych, cadastral.
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