inventory

  • 21inventory — I UK [ˈɪnvəntərɪ] / US [ˈɪnvənˌtɔrɪ] noun Word forms inventory : singular inventory plural inventories 1) [countable] a list giving details of all the things in a place When the police eventually arrived, we made an inventory of the missing items …

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  • 22inventory — 1. noun /ɪnˈvɛn.tɹi,ˈɪn.vən.tɔ.ɹi/ a) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item. b) a detailed list of all of the… …

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  • 23inventory — [[t]ɪ̱nv(ə)ntri, AM tɔːri[/t]] inventories 1) N COUNT An inventory is a written list of all the objects in a particular place. Before starting, he made an inventory of everything that was to stay. 2) N VAR An inventory is a supply or stock of… …

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  • 24inventory — In the USA, the equivalent of the UK stock, i.e. 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… …

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  • 25inventory — 1. Supplies used and goods manufactured in *production processes. Inventory is normally categorized into (i) *raw materials, (ii) *work in process, and (hi) *finished goods. Under most systems of * Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,… …

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  • 26inventory — in•ven•to•ry [[t]ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] n. pl. to•ries, 1) a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, etc., made each year by a business 2) the items represented on such a list, as a merchant s stock …

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  • 27inventory — I. noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English inventarie, inventorie, from Anglo French inventaire, inventorie, from Latin inventarium, from inventum thing found, topic, neuter of inventus Date: 15th century 1. a. an itemized list of current… …

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  • 28inventory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tally, count; accounting, list; stock, goods, merchandise. See store. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A list] Syn. stock book, itemization, register; see catalog , file 2 , index 2 , list , record 1 , t …

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  • 29inventory — in|ven|tory [ˈınvəntri US to:ri] n plural inventories 1.) a list of all the things in a place inventory of ▪ We made an inventory of everything in the apartment. 2.) [U and C] AmE all the goods in a shop = ↑stock …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30inventory — 1. noun an inventory of all their belongings our inventory of leaf rakes is low Syn: list, listing, catalog, record, register, checklist, log, archive; stock, supply, store 2. verb I inventoried his collection of music boxes Syn …

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