Inventory

/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/ · noun

Meaning

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business..

Definitions by Sense

1. (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
2. (operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
3. (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
4. A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.
5. (linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
6. (transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

Example Sentences

Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

This month's inventory took nearly three days.

You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.

From the inventory tab you have the option to use the mobile phone or check out gadgets you have collected.

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..

The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

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Word Forms

• inventories
• inventorying
• inventoried

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