inventory
noun
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.
inventorial
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a word derived from
inventory.
Example Sentences
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If Mr. Sutton were really "John"—Dosia half-freakishly cast a swift inventorial side-glance at the gentleman.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various
The meaning seems to be that the inventorial description could not overtake his merits, because it would yaw—keep turning out of the direct line of their quick sail.
From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by George MacDonald
If Mr. Sutton were really “John”—Dosia half-freakishly cast a swift inventorial side-glance at the gentleman.
From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
