Inventory

/ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/

noun

  1. (operations) 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.

  2. (operations) 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.

  3. (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

    This month's inventory took nearly three days.

verb

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

    The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

Synonyms: index, inventorize, take inventory, take stock

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