Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
The inventory included several items that one wouldnt normally think to find at a cheese shop.
The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.
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Inventory — means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English.[1] In the USA and Canada the term has developed from a… … Wikipedia
inventory — in·ven·to·ry / in vən ˌtōr ē/ n pl ries 1: an itemized list of current assets: as a: a written list or catalog of the property of an individual, organization, or estate or succession that is made by a fiduciary under oath and that usu. describes… … Law dictionary
Inventory — In ven*to*ry, n.; pl. {Inventories}. [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See {Invent}.] 1. An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inventory — [in′vən tôr΄ē] n. pl. inventories [ML inventorium < LL inventarium < L inventus: see INVENT] 1. an itemized list or catalog of goods, property, etc.; esp., such a list of the stock of a business, taken annually 2. the store of goods, etc.… … English World dictionary
Inventory — In ven*to*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inventoried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inventorying}.] [Cf. F. inventorier.] To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inventory — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. inventoire inventory, detailed list of goods, catalogue, from M.L. inventorium (L.L. inventarium) list of what is found, from L. inventus, pp. of invenire to find (see INVENTION (Cf. invention)). The verb is first… … Etymology dictionary
inventory — ► NOUN (pl. inventories) 1) a complete list of items such as goods in stock or the contents of a building. 2) a quantity of goods in stock. ► VERB (inventories, inventoried) ▪ make an inventory of. ORIGIN Latin inventarium … English terms dictionary
inventory — n *list, register, schedule, catalog, table, roll, roster … New Dictionary of Synonyms
inventory — meaning ‘an official list of goods etc.’, is pronounced in vǝn tǝ ri in BrE and in vǝn taw ri in AmE … Modern English usage
inventory — [n] list of stock; stock account, backlog, catalogue, file, fund, hoard, index, itemization, record, register, reserve, reservoir, roll, roster, schedule, stock book, stockpile, store, summary, supply, table, tabulation; concepts 283,338 … New thesaurus
inventory — the value of all the stock of physical items that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms A category of goods defined by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial… … Financial and business terms
