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inventory (iou)



inventory noun & verb. Also inventary, (rare) invitory. LME.
[medieval Latin inventorium alt. of late Latin inventarium lit. 'list of what is found', formed as INVENT: see -ORY1. Cf. INVENTAR.]
A. noun.
A detailed list of items such as goods in stock, a person's property, the contents of a storage box, room, building, etc., occas. with a statement giving the nature and value of each item. LME.
S. Bellow She..made an inventory of all the objects on the desk. E. Hardwick Alex was making an inventory of Sarah's Philadelphia house.
gen. A list, a catalogue; a detailed account. E16.
J. G. Ballard Scanning the timber store, making an inventory of its possibilities.
b. spec. (Linguistics) A list of a specified type of linguistic features in a language. M20.
transf. The quantity or stock of goods etc. which are or may be made the subject of an inventory. L17.
High Times Buying out local inventories endlessly, because the shelves could..be restocked by smugglers.
b. verb trans. & (rare) intrans. Make an inventory or descriptive list of goods, a person's characteristics, etc.; enter in an inventory, catalogue; amount (to) in an inventory. E16.
G. H. Lorimer She inventoried about $10,000 as she stood. D. L. Sayers He had the air of inventorying its contents with a view to assessing their value.
inven'torial adjective L20.
inven'torially adverb (rare, Shakes.): only in 17.
in'ventorize verb trans. & intrans. make an inventory (of) E17.