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inventory

Syllabification: (in·ven·to·ry)

Pronunciation: /ˈinvənˌtôrē/

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Definition of inventory

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 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 products.

verb (inventories, inventoried)

[with object]

make a complete list of.
enter in a list:about forty possible sites were 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'

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