Inventory - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɪnvəntɔːrɪ|  American pronunciation of the word inventory
Brit.  |ˈɪnv(ə)nt(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word inventory

noun

- a detailed list of all the items in stock
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand (syn: stock)
they carried a vast inventory of hardware
they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
- (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
- a collection of resources (syn: armory, armoury)
- making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand (syn: stock-taking, stocktaking)
an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing
they held an inventory every month

verb

- make or include in an itemized record or report

Extra examples

We made an inventory of the library's collection.

The dealer keeps a large inventory of used cars and trucks.

Inventories at both stores were low.

How can a small business afford to keep so much inventory?

We'll be doing inventory on the collection soon.

We'll be inventorying the collection soon.

...would you inventory the supplies in the back room?...

Closed for inventory.

All his possessions were being inventoried for sale.

We made an inventory of everything in the apartment.

Take an inventory of everything you own.

We want to find ways to speed up inventory turnover.

An inventory takes in all the contents of the room.

Unmerchantable stands were excluded from the timber harvesting land base in the analysis on the basis of inventory type group.

Place inventory on hold for the customer.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: inventory
he/she/it: inventories
present participle: inventorying
past tense: inventoried
past participle: inventoried
noun
singular: inventory
plural: inventories
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