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Words people most associate with “inventory”:

  1. stock,
  2. list,
  3. items

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Noun (5 meanings)

1. a detailed list of all the items in stock.

inventory, stock list

inventory is a type of:
  • list, listing (noun) - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
types of inventory:
parts of inventory:

2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand.

stock, inventory

Examples:
  • “they carried a vast inventory of hardware”,
  • “they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory”
inventory is a type of:
inventory is derivationally related to:
  • to stock, carry, stockpile (verb) - have on hand
  • to stock, buy in, stock up (verb) - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
  • stockist (noun) - one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods

3. (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods.

inventory

inventory is a type of:
  • register (noun) - a book in which names and transactions are listed
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • accounting (noun) - a system that provides quantitative information about finances

4. a collection of resources.

armory, armoury, inventory

Example:
  • “he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer”
inventory is a type of:

5. making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand.

inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking

Examples:
  • “an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing”,
  • “they held an inventory every month”
inventory is a type of:
types of inventory:
inventory is derivationally related to:

Verb (1 meaning)

1. make or include in an itemized record or report.

to inventory, take stock, stock-take

Example:
  • “Inventory all books before the end of the year”
to inventory is a way to:
  • to list (verb) - include in a list
to inventory is derivationally related to: