inventory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inventory	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inventory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inventory n a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn: inventory, stock list] 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" Synonym(s): stock, inventory (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" Synonym(s): armory, armoury, inventory 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" Synonym(s): inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking v make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year" Synonym(s): inventory, take stock, stock-take
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inventory \In"ventory\, n.; pl. {Inventories}. [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See {Invent}.] An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business. There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak. Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See {List}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inventory \In"ventory\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inventoried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inventorying}.] [Cf. F. inventorier.] To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. --Shak.