inventory

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

Synonyms

stock

list

catalogue

stocktaking

storage

catalog

store

stock-in-trade

questionnaire

stockpile

implements

stock-taking

stock-take

take stock

log

goods on hand

index

directory

goods

reserve

stock list

account

provision

supply

armoury

inventorying

register

book

📖

census

manifest

roll

schedule

supply of goods

armory

stocklist

stockroom

stock room

storehouse

supplies

tabulation

things

tools

treasury

warehouse

write down

itemized list

databook

memory

registration

directory file

Translations

inventaire

inventario

inventario

Inventar

inventário

inventari

Inventur

inventaris

κατάλογος

recensement

boedel

envanter

απογραφή

stock

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: inventorie

In summary

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).