inventory
in·ven·tory (in′vən tôr′ē)
noun pl. -·ries
- an itemized list or catalog of goods, property, etc.; esp., such a list of the stock of a business, taken annually
- the store of goods, etc. that are or may be so listed; stock
- any detailed list
- the act of making such a list
Etymology: ML inventorium < LL inventarium < L inventus: see invent
transitive verb -·ried, -·ry·ing
- to make an inventory of
- to place on an inventory
take inventory
- to make an inventory of stock on hand
- to make an appraisal, as of one's skills or personal characteristics
inventory
n.
take inventory
take stock, examine the books, look over; see examine 1, inventoryv.The act of taking stock
inspection, review, examination, tabulation, checking, counting, accounting, investigation; see also summary.Store of goods
stock, merchandise, wares; see commodity. See syn. study at list.
inventory
v.
- A corporations stock of goods, such as raw materials, that are used to produce final products.
- A companys goods that have been produced and are waiting to be sold. Inventory is valued by a company using methods such as first in, first out (FIFO) or last in, last out (LIFO).
Converse of object
- compile: The intention was to compile an inventory of ancient culture.
- prepare: This approach is used in preparing an emissions inventory.
Adjective modifier
- school-wide: The site liaison COs were happy with the proposal but expressed concern about introducing the new arrangement before the availability of a school-wide inventory.
- phonemic: The phonemic inventory of a language is established by using minimal pairs.
- just-in-time: It covers just-in-time inventory and supply chains management for true make-to-order outsourced manufacturing.
- unsold: Chinese industry is said to be working at about half capacity, even so unsold inventories are growing by tens of percent.
- obsolete: Indeed, excess and obsolete inventory is a very good barometer of the overall effectiveness of a company's operations.
- perpetual: Perpetual Inventory An stock control system where a running record is kept of the amount of stock held for each item.
Modifies a noun
- tracking: Wal-Mart is reported to be demanding its top 100 suppliers support RFID for inventory tracking.
- quot: Your inventories quot little public trust we could start will protect you.
- management: Beyond procurement, another key benefit has come in the form of better inventory management.
Noun used with modifier
- probate: It has been argued that work on 18 th -century probate inventories could provide a model for investigations of material culture in Britain.
- bookseller: Bookseller Inventory # 9275 [ Bookseller & Payment Information ] [ More Books from this Seller ] [ Ask Bookseller a Question ] 14.
- self-report: The MBTI® is a self-report inventory with four psychological dimensions, energizing, attending, deciding and living.
- emission: Details of this emissions inventory are included in Appendix VI.
- greenhouse: These analyzes have ranged from greenhouse gas inventories to mitigation analysis and vulnerability and adaptation analysis.
- forest: The database has forest resource data for 31 European countries - derived from the national forest inventories of those countries.
Possessives
- bookseller: To view a bookseller's inventory, click " Search this Seller's Books " from any of the Search Results.
Preposition: of
Every manwho has lived his life tothe full, should, by the time his senior years are reached, have established a reserve inventory of unfinished thinking.
