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- [in-vuh n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- /ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
- /ˈɪn.vən.tər.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-vuh n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- /ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
Definitions of inventory word
- noun plural inventory 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. 1
- noun plural inventory the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods. 1
- noun plural inventory the aggregate value of a stock of goods. 1
- noun plural inventory raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold. 1
- noun plural inventory a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog. 1
- noun plural inventory a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods. 1
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Origin of inventory
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English inventorie < Medieval Latin inventōrium; see invent, -tory2
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Parts of speech for Inventory
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inventory popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
inventory usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for inventory
noun inventory
- index — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- supply — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- fund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- backlog — A backlog is a number of things which have not yet been done but which need to be done.
verb inventory
- condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- get down to brass tacks — discuss essentials
- count noses — to count the number of people present, voting, etc.
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- telescope — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
Antonyms for inventory
noun inventory
- debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
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