Inventory
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ɪnˈvɛn.tɹi/
- US IPA: /ˈɪn.vən.tɔ.ɹi/
Origin
From Old French inventoire (French inventaire), from Late Latin inventarium
Full definition of inventory
Noun
inventory
(plural inventories)- (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or businessDue to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
- (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on handThe inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
- (operations) the process of producing or updating such a listThis month's inventory took nearly three days.
- (role-playing games) A space containing the item available to a character for immediate use.
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Verb
Synonyms
- (take stock) index