Definition of inventory Inventory

/ɪˌnvʌntɔˈɹi/ - [invuntoree] - in•ven•to•ry

We found 15 definitions of inventory from 6 different sources.

What does inventory mean?

Noun Plural: inventories
inventory - making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month"
		inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking
		itemisation, itemization, listing the act of making a list of items
inventory - a detailed list of all the items in stock
		stock list
		list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
		inventory item an item listed in an inventory
inventory - (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
		register a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
inventory - the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
		stock
		merchandise, ware, product commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
inventory - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
		armory, armoury
Verb inventories, inventorying, inventoried
inventory - make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year"
		take stock, stock-take
		list give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"

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inventory (Noun)
The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
inventory (Noun)
A detailed list of all of the items on hand .
inventory (Noun)
The process of producing or updating such a list.
inventory (Verb)
To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

inventory (n.)
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; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business.
inventory (v. t.)
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.

inventory
in′ven-tor-i, n. a list or schedule of articles comprised in an estate, describing each article separately and precisely so as to show of what the estate consists.—v.t. to make an inventory of.—adj. Inventō′rial.—adv. Inventō′rially. [Fr. inventaire—L. inventarium, a list of things found.]