taking inventory

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• inventory — in|ven|to|ry1 [ ınvən,tɔri ] noun 1. ) uncount AMERICAN all the goods available for sale in a store at a particular time: At the end of the season our inventory is low (=we do not have many goods available). take inventory (=make a list of goods) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Inventory (disambiguation) — Inventory is a list of goods and materials held available in stock by a business.Inventory may also refer to:* Moral inventory. in the course of twelve step programs, members often speak of taking an inventory . Much like an inventory of goods… …   Wikipedia

• Inventory valuation — INVENTORIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Inventories are usually the largest current asset of a business, and proper measurement of them is necessary to assure accurate financial statements. If inventory is not properly measured, expenses and… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tally, count; accounting, list; stock, goods, merchandise. See store. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A list] Syn. stock book, itemization, register; see catalog , file 2 , index 2 , list , record 1 , t …   English dictionary for students

• Taking The Street — A slang phrase referring to the hedge fund tactic of buying large amounts of a particular stock from banks and brokers in an effort to clean out these institutions inventory in a short period of time. Traders will do this knowing that these… …   Investment dictionary

• Forest inventory — is the systematic collection of data and forest information for assessment or analysis. It is also commonly known as timber cruising. It is important for owners to cruise the timber to get an estimate of the value and possible uses of the timber …   Wikipedia

• Content inventory — A content inventory is the process and the result of cataloging the entire contents of a website.[1] An allied practice a content audit is the process of evaluating that content.[2][3][4] A content inventory and a content audit are closely… …   Wikipedia

• Concept inventory — A concept inventory is a criterion referenced test designed to evaluate whether a student has an accurate working knowledge of a specific set of concepts. To ensure interpretability, it is common to have multiple items that address a single idea …   Wikipedia

• Retail Inventory Method — An accounting procedure for estimating the value of a store s merchandise. This method calculates a store s total inventory value by taking the total retail value of the items that were originally in inventory, subtracting the total sales, then… …   Investment dictionary

• Stock taking — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English