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Webster 1913 Edition
Inventory
In′ven-to-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Inventories
(#)
. 1.
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.
Hence:
Any listing, as in a catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available for use or for sale.
Specifically,
the annual account listing the stock on hand, taken in any business.
Syn. – List; register; schedule; catalogue. See
List
. In′ven-to-ry
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inventoried
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inventorying
.] [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 stockI will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be
inventoried
, and every particle and utensil labeled. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Inventory
IN'VENTORY
, n.1.
An account, catalogue or schedule of all the goods and chattels of a deceased person. In some of the United States,the inventory must include an account of the real as well as the personal estate of the deceased.2.
A catalogue of movables.3.
A catalogue of account of particular things. [An indefinite use of the word.]IN'VENTORY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To insert or register in an account of goods.