inventory
noun/ˈɪnvəntri/
/ˈɪnvəntɔːri/
(plural inventories)
- [countable] a written list of all the objects, furniture, etc. in a particular building
- an inventory of the museum’s contents
Extra Examples- Disaster response teams are completing an inventory of damaged facilities.
- The inventory lists many rare items.
- The manager is compiling an inventory of all the hotel furniture.
- The painting is listed in an inventory of his complete works.
- There were no forks in the inventory.
- All my personal possessions were included in the inventory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- comprehensive
- detailed
- …
- compile
- complete
- conduct
- …
- list something
- in an/the inventory
- on an/the inventory
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [uncountable] (North American English) all the goods in a store synonym stock
- The inventory will be disposed of over the next twelve weeks.
- inventory control
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc2- Hotel chains often cut prices in order to sell excess inventory.
- The store wanted to offer more items but stock less inventory.
- a business that is low on inventory
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excess
- surplus
- unsold
- …
- stock
- replenish
- liquidate
- …
- control
- management
- (in accounting) all of the stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress and finished products
- Business inventories rose 0.7% in October.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally ‘a list of what is found’, from Latin invenire ‘come upon’.
Check pronunciation:
inventory