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Word of the Day - Inventory

in·ven·to·ry
[in-vuh n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
noun, plural -to·ries, verb, -to·ried, -to·ry·ing.

noun
1.a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.


2. the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant’s stock of goods.

3. the aggregate value of a stock of goods.

4. raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold.

5. a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog.

6. a formal list of movables, as of a merchant’s stock of goods.

7. a formal list of the property of a person or estate.

8. a tally of one’s personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance.

9. a catalog of natural resources, especially a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area.

10. the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.

verb (used with object)
11. to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.

12. to take stock of; evaluate: to inventory one’s life and accomplishments.

13. to summarize: to inventory the progress in chemistry.

14. to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock.

verb (used without object)
15. to have value as shown by an inventory: stock that inventories at two million dollars.

Synonyms
5.   roster, record, register, account. See list 1 .