inventory
noun
1. a detailed list of all the items in stock
Definition categories: communication, list, listing
2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- they carried a vast inventory of hardware
- they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
Similar word(s): stock
Definition categories: man–made, merchandise, product, ware
3. (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
Definition categories: possession, register
4. a collection of resources
Similar word(s): armory, armoury
Definition categories: thought, imagination, resource, resourcefulness
5. making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
- an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing
- they held an inventory every month
Similar word(s): inventorying, stocktaking
Definition categories: act, itemization, listing
Sentences with inventory as a noun:
- Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
- The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
- This month's inventory took nearly three days.