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inventory en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪn.vənˌtɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈən-/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/ (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/ (General-South-African)
  • /ənˈven.t(ə).ɹi/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɪn.vən.tri/ (General-South-African)

Etymology

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:operations) 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. (qualifier:operations) 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. (qualifier:operations) 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.
    • From the inventory tab you have the option to use the mobile phone or check out gadgets you have collected. 2008, “PDA”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios; Nintendo, page 11:
    • You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.
  5. (especially) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
    • Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.
    • Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure.. 2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inventories Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

noninventory · overinventoried · inventoriable · inventory management · interest inventory · personality inventory · subinventory · inventorial · periodic inventory · benefit of inventory · reinventory · inventoryless · preinventory · underinventoried · inventory tetris · inventory Tetris · ad inventory · perpetual inventory · bioinventory

Relateds

inventor · inventive · invention · invent · reinvent · invented

Translations (126)

sl zaloga (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · nl inventaris (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · fi pesäluettelo (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ug ئىسكىلات قالدۇقى (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · pl inwentarz (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ro inventar (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · he מְלַאי (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · hu leltár (process of producing or updating such a list) · de Inventar (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · hu raktár (in the phrase raktáron van) (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sl inventar (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ko 목록 (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · cmn 儲存 /储存 (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · fi varastoluettelo (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · pt inventário (process of producing or updating such a list) · bg инвента́р (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ca inventari (process of producing or updating such a list) · la inventārium (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · be запа́сы (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · mk инвента́р (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · pt inventário (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ru запа́сы (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · tl talatinggalan (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · uk реє́стр (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · pt inventário (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · tr envanter (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · cmn 庫存 /库存 (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · fi varasto (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · pt existências (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · nl inventaris (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ug قالدۇق (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sk inventár (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · pl zapasy (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · pl inwentarz (process of producing or updating such a list) · sk zásoba (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ca inventari (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · de Inventur (process of producing or updating such a list) · tr envanter (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ko(detailed list of all of the items on hand) · eo inventaro (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sh invèntār (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · it inventario (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · mi rārangi taputapu (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · uk інвента́р (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · pl inwentarz (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · de Inventar (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sh по̀пис (process of producing or updating such a list) · it scorta (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ja 在庫 (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sv lagersaldo (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · uk спи́сок (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · gl inventario (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · hu leltár (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sh invèntār (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sh pòpis (process of producing or updating such a list) · be інвента́р (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ru о́пись (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · de Inventarliste (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ja(detailed list of all of the items on hand) · nl voorraad (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ug زاپاس (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · hu kimutatás (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · hu leltározás (process of producing or updating such a list) · es inventario (process of producing or updating such a list) · ko 재고 (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · gl inventario (process of producing or updating such a list) · es inventario (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ru спи́сок (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · mk за́лиха (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sk inventúra (process of producing or updating such a list) · de Inventarverzeichnis (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · id inventaris (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ja 目録 (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · be пералі́к (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · de Vorräte (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · cs inventář (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sv inventarier (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ru инвентариза́ция (process of producing or updating such a list) · ota دفتر (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ru учёт (process of producing or updating such a list) · nl inventariseren (process of producing or updating such a list) · ca inventari (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · hu készlet (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sh pòpis (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ru пе́речень (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sh инвѐнта̄р (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · be рэе́стр (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sh инвѐнта̄р (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ug ئامبار زاپىسى (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ru о́пись (process of producing or updating such a list) · be спіс (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sv inventering (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sq inventar (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ar جَرْد (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · bg инвентариза́ция (process of producing or updating such a list) · fi inventointi (process of producing or updating such a list) · fr inventaire (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ru инвента́рь (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ru рее́стр (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ota پوصوله (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · es inventario (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sh по̀пис (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · bg о́пис (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · id inventaris (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · cmn 目錄 /目录 (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · uk запа́си (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · de Lager (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sk inventarizácia (process of producing or updating such a list) · sv inventarieförteckning (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · fi inventaari (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ug خەزىنە قالدۇقى (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · it inventario (process of producing or updating such a list) · ms inventori (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · tl talatinggalan (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · cs zásoba (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · cs inventář (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · ms inventori (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · uk пере́лік (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · sv lager (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business) · sk inventár (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · ru переучёт (process of producing or updating such a list) · eo inventaro (detailed list of all of the items on hand) · eo inventarado (process of producing or updating such a list) · cs inventura (process of producing or updating such a list) · sv inventering (process of producing or updating such a list) · hu árukészlet (stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business)

inventory en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪn.vənˌtɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈən-/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/ (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/ (General-South-African)
  • /ənˈven.t(ə).ɹi/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɪn.vən.tri/ (General-South-African)

Etymology

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:operations, transitive) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    • ‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’ 2024, Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story, Hodder & Stoughton, page 235:
    • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inventories Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
inventoried Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inventoried Tense=Past lexicographic
inventorying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

take inventory · take stock · index · inventorize

Translations (15)

es inventariar (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · bg инвентаризи́рам (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · hu leltároz (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · ca inventariar (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · fr inventorier (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · fi inventoida (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · ru инвентаризи́ровать (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · nl inventariseren (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · cmn 清點 /清点 (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · sv inventera (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · pt fazer o inventário (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · pt inventariar (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · cmn 盤點 /盘点 (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · gl inventariar (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) · de Inventur machen (to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory)