[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inventory \in"ventory\, n.; pl. inventories. l.
   inventarium: cf. ll. inventorium, f. inventaire, of. also
   inventoire. see invent.
   1. 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. hence: any listing, as in a
      catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available
      for use or for sale. specifically, the annual account
      listing the stock on hand, taken in any business.
      1913 webster

            there take an inventory of all i have. --shak.

   2. the objects contained on an inventory1; especially: the
      stock of items on hand in any business, either for sale
      and not yet sold, or kept as raw materials to be converted
      into finished products.
      pjc

   3. the total value of all goods in an inventory2.
      pjc

   4. the act of making an inventory1.
      pjc

   syn: list; register; schedule; catalogue. see list.
        1913 webster
see also:
inventories invent list 

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