Definitions for inventory

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inventory in·ven·to·ry

Spelling: [in-vuh n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

IPA: /ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Inventory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 311 anagrams from letters in inventory (einnortvy).

Definitions for inventory

noun

1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
2. the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods.
3. the aggregate value of a stock of goods.
4. raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold.
5. a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog.
6. a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods.
7. a formal list of the property of a person or estate.
8. a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance.
9. a catalog of natural resources, especially a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area.
10. the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.

verb (used with object)

1. to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.
2. to take stock of; evaluate:
3. to summarize:
4. to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock.

verb (used without object)

1. to have value as shown by an inventory:

Origin of inventory

1375-1425; late Middle English inventorie Medieval Latin inventōrium; see invent, -tory²

Examples for inventory

Now that the inventory was made, the next business was to fetch the sledge.

An inventory will reportedly get underway here in the near future.

Salem personally selected 40 percent of the securities from the Goldman inventory.

The place for this information is under "inventory Variations" on the sheet.

Come, Johnson, he said, we will take an inventory of all we have left.

The group holds territory, and manages an inventory of heavy military and civilian equipment.

Edmond began the inventory of looted objects after the liberation and before Paul returned to France.

It has been rumored that Ebola is in inventory at high-level labs in many countries, some of which are not our friends.

He had gotten thus far in the inventory when a shadow darkened the doorway.

"Let us first make an inventory of the ship," answered Johnson.