Meanings
nouninventory (plural inventories)
plural inventories
- operationsThe process of producing or updating such a list.
This month's inventory took nearly three days.
- A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.
You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.
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From the inventory tab you have the option to use the mobile phone or check out gadgets you have collected.
2008, “PDA”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios; Nintendo, page 11 - especiallyhuman sciencesThe total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.
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Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..
2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270
verbinventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)
present singular third person inventories · participle present inventorying · participle past inventoried · past inventoried
- transitiveoperationsTo take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.
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‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’
2024, Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story, Hodder & Stoughton, page 235Synonyms: index, inventorize, take inventory, take stock
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
More synonyms by meaning
nounmaking an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininveniō“to find out”
- Late Latininventārium
- Medieval Latininventōrium
- Middle Englishinventorie
- Englishinventory
From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).
More words from Middle English, Medieval Latin, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جَرْد
- جَرْد (jard)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
Bulgarian инвента́р, о́пис
- инвента́р (inventár)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- о́пис (ópis)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- инвентариза́ция (inventarizácija)process of producing or updating such a list
- инвентаризи́рам (inventarizíram)to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Catalan inventari, inventari
- inventaristock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventaridetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventariprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventariarto take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Chinese Mandarin 庫存 /库存, 儲存 /储存
- 庫存 /库存 (kùcún)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- 儲存 /储存 (chǔcún)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- 目錄 /目录 (mùlù)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- 清點 /清点 (qīngdiǎn)to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
- 盤點 /盘点 (pándiǎn)to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Czech zásoba, inventář
- zásobastock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventářstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventářdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventuraprocess of producing or updating such a list
Dutch voorraad, inventaris
- voorraadstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventarisstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventarisdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventariserenprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventariserento take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Esperanto inventaro, inventaro
- inventarostock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventarodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventaradoprocess of producing or updating such a list
Finnish varasto, varastoluettelo
- varastostock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- varastoluettelodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventaaridetailed list of all of the items on hand
- pesäluettelodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventointiprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventoidato take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
French inventaire, inventorier
- inventairestock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventorierto take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
German Inventar, Lager
- Inventarstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- Lagerstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- Vorrätestock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- Inventardetailed list of all of the items on hand
- Inventarlistedetailed list of all of the items on hand
- Inventarverzeichnisdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- Inventurprocess of producing or updating such a list
- Inventur machento take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Hebrew מְלַאי
- מְלַאי (mlay)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
Hungarian készlet, árukészlet
- készletstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- árukészletstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- raktár (in the phrase raktáron van)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- leltárdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- kimutatásdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- leltárprocess of producing or updating such a list
- leltározásprocess of producing or updating such a list
- leltározto take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Indonesian inventaris, inventaris
- inventarisstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventarisdetailed list of all of the items on hand
Italian scorta, inventario
- scortastock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventariodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventarioprocess of producing or updating such a list
Japanese 在庫, 目録
- 在庫 (zaiko)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- 目録 (mokuroku)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- 表 (hyō)detailed list of all of the items on hand
Korean 재고, 목록
- 재고 (jaego)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- 목록 (mongnok)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- 표 (pyo)detailed list of all of the items on hand
Latin inventārium
- inventāriumdetailed list of all of the items on hand
Malay inventori, inventori
- inventoristock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventoridetailed list of all of the items on hand
Māori rārangi taputapu
- rārangi taputapudetailed list of all of the items on hand
Polish inwentarz, zapasy
- inwentarzstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- zapasystock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inwentarzdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inwentarzprocess of producing or updating such a list
Portuguese inventário, existências
- inventáriostock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- existênciasstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventáriodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventárioprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventariarto take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
- fazer o inventárioto take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Romanian inventar
- inventarstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
Russian инвента́рь, запа́сы
- инвента́рь (inventárʹ)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- запа́сы (zapásy)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- рее́стр (rejéstr)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- спи́сок (spísok)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- пе́речень (pérečenʹ)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- о́пись (ópisʹ)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- инвентариза́ция (inventarizácija)process of producing or updating such a list
- о́пись (ópisʹ)process of producing or updating such a list
- переучёт (pereučót)process of producing or updating such a list
- учёт (učót)process of producing or updating such a list
- инвентаризи́ровать (inventarizírovatʹ)to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Slovak zásoba, inventár
- zásobastock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventárstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventárdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventarizáciaprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventúraprocess of producing or updating such a list
Spanish inventario, inventario
- inventariostock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventariodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventarioprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventariarto take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Swedish lager, inventarier
- lagerstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventarierstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- inventarieförteckningdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- lagersaldodetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventeringdetailed list of all of the items on hand
- inventeringprocess of producing or updating such a list
- inventerato take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory
Tagalog talatinggalan, talatinggalan
- talatinggalanstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- talatinggalandetailed list of all of the items on hand
Turkish envanter, envanter
- envanterstock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- envanterdetailed list of all of the items on hand
Ukrainian інвента́р, запа́си
- інвента́р (inventár)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- запа́си (zapásy)stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
- реє́стр (rejéstr)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- спи́сок (spýsok)detailed list of all of the items on hand
- пере́лік (perélik)detailed list of all of the items on hand
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