inventory

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnv(ə)nt(ə)ri/

noun (plural inventories)

  • a complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
  • chiefly North American a quantity of merchandise or goods held in stock: in our warehouse you’ll find a large inventory of new and used bicycles
  • (in accounting) the entire stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress, and finished product.

verb (inventories, inventorying, inventoried)

[with object]
  • make a complete list of: I inventoried his collection of drawings
  • enter in a list: every book was inventoried

Origin:

late Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally 'a list of what is found', from Latin invenire 'come upon'