the merchandise that a shop has on hand;"they carried a vast inventory of hardware" "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
(accounting) the value of a firm"s current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
a collection of resources;"he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing" "they held an inventory every month"
Verb:
make or include in an itemized record or report;"Inventory all books before the end of the year"
early 15c., from Old French inventoire "inventory, detailed list of goods, catalogue," from Medieval Latin inventorium (Late Latin inventarium) "list of what is found," from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire "to find" (see invention). The verb is first recorded c. 1600, from the noun.
