inventory
[in-vuh n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- 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.
- the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods.
- the aggregate value of a stock of goods.
- raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold.
- a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog.
- a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods.
- a formal list of the property of a person or estate.
- a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance.
- a catalog of natural resources, especially a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area.
- the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.
Show More
- to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.
- to take stock of; evaluate: to inventory one's life and accomplishments.
- to summarize: to inventory the progress in chemistry.
- to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock.
Show More
- to have value as shown by an inventory: stock that inventories at two million dollars.
Show More
Origin of inventory
Synonyms
See more synonyms for inventory on Thesaurus.com5. roster, record, register, account. See list1.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for inventory
Contemporary Examples
It has been rumored that Ebola is in inventory at high-level labs in many countries, some of which are not our friends.
The group holds territory, and manages an inventory of heavy military and civilian equipment.
Edmond began the inventory of looted objects after the liberation and before Paul returned to France.
Salem personally selected 40 percent of the securities from the Goldman inventory.
An inventory will reportedly get underway here in the near future.
Historical Examples
Come, Johnson, he said, we will take an inventory of all we have left.
The Field of IceJules Verne
Now that the inventory was made, the next business was to fetch the sledge.
The Field of IceJules Verne
He had gotten thus far in the inventory when a shadow darkened the doorway.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
"Let us first make an inventory of the ship," answered Johnson.
The place for this information is under "Inventory Variations" on the sheet.
The Automobile Storage BatteryO. A. Witte
inventory
- a detailed list of articles, goods, property, etc
- (often plural) accounting, mainly US
- the amount or value of a firm's current assets that consist of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods; stock
- such assets individually
Show More
- (tr) to enter (items) in an inventory; make a list of
Show More
Word Origin
C16: from Medieval Latin inventōrium; see invent
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for inventory
n.
early 15c., from Old French inventoire "inventory, detailed list of goods, catalogue," from Medieval Latin inventorium (Late Latin inventarium) "list of what is found," from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire "to find" (see invention). The verb is first recorded c.1600, from the noun.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
inventory
An itemized list of a firm's goods that have not yet been sold.
Show More
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.