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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 his stock. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inventory \In"ven*to*ry\, n.; pl {Inventories}. [L. inventarium: cf LL inventorium F. inventaire OF also inventoire See {Invent}.] 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. There take an inventory of all I have --Shak. Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See {List}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inventory n 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn: {stock list}] 2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware" [syn: {stock}] 3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods 4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armoryto find an answer" [syn: {armory}, {armoury}] 5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "the inventory took two days" [syn: {inventorying}, {stocktaking}]
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