inventory
//ˈɪn.vən.tɹi//
Forms
- Plural
- inventories
- present (v1)
- inventory
- past (v2)
- inventoried
- past participle (v3)
- inventoried
- present participle
- inventorying
- 3rd person singular
- inventories
Definitions
1.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.
2.A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
- The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
3.The process of producing or updating such a list.
- This month's inventory took nearly three days.
4.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.
- From the inventory tab you have the option to use the mobile phone or check out gadgets you have collected.
1.To 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.
- ‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4640
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English inventorie
From Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium
From Latin inveniō (“to find out”).