inventory

  • 11inventory — the value of all the stock of physical items that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms A category of goods defined by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial… …

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  • 12Inventory — For companies: Raw materials, items available for sale or in the process of being made ready for sale. They can be individually valued by several different means, including cost or current market value, and collectively by FIFO, LIFO or other… …

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  • 13inventory — noun 1 written list ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, comprehensive, detailed, full VERB + INVENTORY ▪ compile, complete, conduct, draw up …

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  • 14inventory — stock; stock in trade 1) The products or supplies of an organization on hand or in transit at any time. For a manufacturing company the types of inventory are raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods. An inventory count usually takes… …

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  • 15inventory — inventoriable, adj. inventorial, adj. inventorially, adv. /in veuhn tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. inventories, v., inventoried, inventorying. n. 1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods… …

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  • 16inventory — n. 1) to make an inventory (of); to take (an) inventory (of) 2) to reduce (an) inventory (by having a sale) 3) an annual inventory 4) closed for inventory * * * [ ɪnv(ə)ntrɪ] to take (an) inventory (of) an annual inventory closed for inventory to …

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  • 17Inventory — The raw materials, work in process goods and completely finished goods that are considered to be the portion of a business s assets that are ready or will be ready for sale. Inventory represents one of the most important assets that most… …

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  • 18inventory — in|ven|to|ry1 [ ınvən,tɔri ] noun 1. ) uncount AMERICAN all the goods available for sale in a store at a particular time: At the end of the season our inventory is low (=we do not have many goods available). take inventory (=make a list of goods) …

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  • 19inventory — / ɪnvənt(ə)ri/ noun 1. (especially US) all the stock or goods in a warehouse or shop ● to carry a high inventory ● to aim to reduce inventory 2. a list of the contents of a building such as a house for sale or an office for rent ● to draw up an… …

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  • 20inventory — / ɪnvənt(ə)ri/ noun 1. especially US all the stock or goods in a warehouse or shop ● to carry a high inventory ● to aim to reduce inventory (NOTE: The UK term is stock.) 2. a list of the contents of a building such as a house for sale or an… …

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