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Webster 1913 Edition


Inventory

In′ven-to-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Inventories
(#)
.
[L.
inventarium
: cf. LL.
inventorium
, F.
inventaire
, OF. also
inventoire
. See
Invent
.]
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 stock
.
I 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.
To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue or schedule of; as, to inventory the goods and estate of the deceased.
1.
To insert or register in an account of goods.

Definition 2024


inventory

inventory

English

Noun

inventory (plural inventories)

  1. (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
    Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  2. (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
    The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  3. (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
    This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  4. (role-playing games) A space containing the items available to a character for immediate use.

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  • See also Wikisaurus:list

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Verb

inventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)

  1. (transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

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