- Inventories
- Inventory In"ven*to*ry, n.; pl. {Inventories}. [L.
inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also
inventoire. See {Invent}.]
1. An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or
administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and
sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list
of the property of which a person or estate is found to be
possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables,
with their estimated worth. Hence: Any listing, as in a
catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available
for use or for sale. Specifically, the annual account
listing the stock on hand, taken in any business.
[1913 Webster]
There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak.
2. The objects contained on an inventory[1]; especially: the stock of items on hand in any business, either for sale and not yet sold, or kept as raw materials to be converted into finished products. [PJC]
3. The total value of all goods in an inventory[2]. [PJC]
4. The act of making an inventory[1]. [PJC]
Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See {List}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
