Meaning

5 senses
  1. The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

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

    Inventar, Lager, Vorräte

    инвента́рьinventárʹ, запа́сыzapásy

    інвента́рinventár, запа́сиzapásy

  2. A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

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

    Inventar, Inventarliste, Inventarverzeichnis

    рее́стрrejéstr, спи́сокspísok, пе́реченьpérečenʹ

    реє́стрrejéstr, спи́сокspýsok, пере́лікperélik

    a detailed list of all the items in stock

  3. The process of producing or updating such a list.

    This month's inventory took nearly three days.

    Inventur

    инвентариза́цияinventarizácija, о́письópisʹ, переучётpereučót

  4. A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.

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

  5. (especially)The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)

    Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. I've been going over the inventory.

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  2. We've sold out our entire inventory.

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  3. Tom is taking inventory now.

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  4. I'm taking inventory.

    deIch mache Inventur.

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  5. We have too much inventory.

    ruУ нас слишком много инвентаря.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business:
detailed list of all of the items on hand:
Русский
By meaning 3
stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business:
detailed list of all of the items on hand:
process of producing or updating such a list:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business:
detailed list of all of the items on hand:
process of producing or updating such a list:

Origin

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin

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

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