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• inventory — [in′vən tôr΄ē] n. pl. inventories [ML inventorium < LL inventarium < L inventus: see INVENT] 1. an itemized list or catalog of goods, property, etc.; esp., such a list of the stock of a business, taken annually 2. the store of goods, etc.… …   English World dictionary

• Inventory — In ven*to*ry, v. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• inventory — ► NOUN (pl. inventories) 1) a complete list of items such as goods in stock or the contents of a building. 2) a quantity of goods in stock. ► VERB (inventories, inventoried) ▪ make an inventory of. ORIGIN Latin inventarium …   English terms dictionary

• inventory — n. 1) to make an inventory (of); to take (an) inventory (of) 2) to reduce (an) inventory (by having a sale) 3) an annual inventory 4) closed for inventory * * * [ ɪnv(ə)ntrɪ] to take (an) inventory (of) an annual inventory closed for inventory to …   Combinatory dictionary

• inventory — inventoriable, adj. inventorial, adj. inventorially, adv. /in veuhn tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. inventories, v., inventoried, inventorying. n. 1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods… …   Universalium

• inventory — in•ven•to•ry [[t]ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] n. pl. to•ries, 1) a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, etc., made each year by a business 2) the items represented on such a list, as a merchant s stock …   From formal English to slang

• inventory — I. noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English inventarie, inventorie, from Anglo French inventaire, inventorie, from Latin inventarium, from inventum thing found, topic, neuter of inventus Date: 15th century 1. a. an itemized list of current… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• inventory — /ˈɪnvəntri / (say invuhntree), /ɪnˈvɛntəri / (say in ventuhree) noun (plural inventories) 1. a detailed descriptive list of articles, with number, quantity, and value of each. 2. a formal list of movables, as of a merchant s stock of goods. 3. a… …  

• 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. Etymology: ME f.… …   Useful english dictionary

• inventory — [ ɪnv(ə)nt(ə)ri] noun (plural inventories) a complete list of items such as goods in stock or the contents of a building. ↘chiefly N. Amer. a quantity of goods in stock. ↘(in accounting) the entire stock of a business, including materials and… …   English new terms dictionary

• Inventory — means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English.[1] In the USA and Canada the term has developed from a… …   Wikipedia