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noun

Inventory n. (pl. inventories)

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. Hence: Any listing, as in a catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available for use or for sale. Specifically, The annual account listing the stock on hand, taken in any business. "There take an inventory of all I have."

The objects contained on an inventory (1); especially: The stock of items on hand in any business, either for sale and not yet sold, or kept as raw materials to be converted into finished products.

The total value of all goods in an inventory (2).

The act of making an inventory (1).

Synonyms: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.

verb

Inventory v. t. (past & past part. inventoried; pres. part. inventorying) 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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— A Man's Value to Society - Studies in Self Culture and Character • Newell Dwight Hillis

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— The House of a Thousand Candles • Meredith Nicholson

... dies out of it, however, when one learns two things; first, that likings change with growth of character and new experience, and, second, that few people are interested in an inventory of limitations. ...

— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

... proceeded to commence the arduous duties that now devolved on her. When Mr. Montgomery came, he found her doing that which he was about to suggest, viz., preparing for an immediate sale of the furniture, by taking an inventory, while the faithful servant was busily employed cleaning the house, for which a tenant was luckily found. The two young ones were doing their best to aid their sister. Mr. Montgomery wished them sent to the vicarage, but ...

— A Book For The Young • Sarah French

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— Michael Angelo Buonarroti • Charles Holroyd

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