inventory — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

   Examples

   Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

2. A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

   Examples

   The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

3. The process of producing or updating such a list.

   Examples

   This month's inventory took nearly three days.

4. A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.

   Examples

   You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.

   From the inventory tab you have the option to use the mobile phone or check out gadgets you have collected.

5. The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)

   Usage

   • especially

   Examples

   Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.

   More examples (1)

   Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..

Verb

1. To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   indexinventorizetake inventorytake stock

   Examples

   The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

   ‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’

Noun

1. a detailed list of all the items in stock

   Synonyms

   stock list

   Broader terms

   listlisting

2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand

   Synonyms

   stock

   Broader terms

   merchandisewareproduct

   Examples

   they carried a vast inventory of hardware

   they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory

3. (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

   Broader terms

   register

4. a collection of resources

   Synonyms

   armoryarmoury

   Broader terms

   resourceresourcefulnessimagination

   Examples

   he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer

5. making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand

   Synonyms

   inventoryingstocktakingstock-taking

   Broader terms

   listingitemizationitemisation

   Examples

   an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing

   they held an inventory every month

Verb

1. make or include in an itemized record or report

   Synonyms

   take stockstock-take

   Broader terms

   list

   Examples

   Inventory all books before the end of the year