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in·ven·to·ry

inventory

 
 
pronunciation:
In vn to ri
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part of speech: noun
inflections: inventories
definition 1: An inventory is a complete list of everything that someone has or all the things that exist in a place, especially a place like a store or a restaurant. A store inventory is a list of everything that the store has to sell.
The manager looked at the restaurant's inventory and decided to order more cakes.
similar words:
catalog
definition 2: Everything that a store has for sale is called its inventory. A store's inventory includes not just what a customer can see in the store but also the things that are being stored in the back of the store or in another place.
The store sold a lot of its inventory during the big sale they had last week.
similar words:
catalog, goods
Word Builder: inventory +
  • inventory sheet:
    the piece of paper where you record information when you take inventory.