单词 | inventory |
释义 | inventory —inventoriable, adj. —inventorial, adj. —inventorially, adv. /in"veuhn tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, n. , pl. inventories, v. , inventoried, inventorying. n. 1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern. 2. the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods. 3. the aggregate value of a stock of goods. 4. raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold. 5. a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog. 6. a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods. 7. a formal list of the property of a person or estate. 8. a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance. 9. a catalog of natural resources, esp. a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area. 10. the act of making a catalog or detailed listing. v.t. 11. to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog. 12. to take stock of; evaluate: to inventory one's life and accomplishments. 13. to summarize: to inventory the progress in chemistry. 14. to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock. v.i. 15. to have value as shown by an inventory: stock that inventories at two million dollars. [1375-1425; late ME inventorie < ML inventorium; see INVENT, -TORY2] Syn. 5. roster, record, register, account. See list1. |
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