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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inventory \In"ven*to*ry\, verb (used with an object) [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 his stock.
I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inventory \In"ven*to*ry\, noun; 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 sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth. Hence: Any listing, as in a catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available for use or for sale. Specifically, the annual account listing the stock on hand, taken in any business.
There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak.
2. The objects contained on an inventory[1]; especially: the stock of items on hand in any business, either for sale and not yet sold, or kept as raw materials to be converted into finished products. [PJC]
3. The total value of all goods in an inventory[2]. [PJC]
4. The act of making an inventory[1]. [PJC]
Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See {List}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inventory
noun
1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn: {stock list}]
2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware" [syn: {stock}]
3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: {armory}, {armoury}]
5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "the inventory took two days" [syn: {inventorying}, {stocktaking}]
verb: make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
231 Moby Thesaurus words for "inventory": abundance, account, account book, accounts, accounts payable ledger, accounts receivable ledger, accumulation, active list, add up, amassment, annals, assemblage, assembly, audit, backlog, balance, balance sheet, balance the books, bank ledger, bankbook, blacklist, body count, book, books, budget, calendar, call-up, canvass, capitulation, card ledger, cashbook, cast up, catalog, catalog goods, census, check, check out, checklist, chronicle, cipher up, civil list, code, collection, colligation, collocation, combination, commissariat, commissary, commodities, comparison, composition, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congregation, constituents, consumer goods, consumer items, content, contents, convergence, cornucopia, corralling, correspondence, cost card, cost ledger, cost sheet, count, count up, cumulation, data-gathering, daybook, demonstrate, detail, digest, divisions, documentation, double-check, dump, effects, elements, enroll, enter, enumerate, enumeration, factory ledger, figure up, file, foot up, fund, gathering, goods, goods for sale, guts, head count, heap, history, hoard, impanel, index, ingathering, ingredients, innards, insides, inspect the books, itemization, itemize, items, job lot, journal, junction, juxtaposition, keep score, larder, ledger, letters, line, line of goods, list, log, logbook, mail-order goods, mass, material, materials, materiel, memorial, merchandise, mobilization, munitions, muster, nest egg, nose count, overhaul, part, parts, passbook, pigeonhole, pile, pipe roll, plenitude, plenty, post, program, prove, provisionment, provisions, purchase ledger, rations, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation, recite, reckon up, reckoning, record, record book, recording, recount, recounting, register, registry, rehearsal, rehearse, relate, relic, remains, repertoire, repertory, reservoir, retired list, rick, rodeo, roll, rolls, roster, rota, roundup, sales journal, sales ledger, schedule, score, score up, scroll, sick list, sideline, stack, staples, statement, stock, stock ledger, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, stores ledger, sum, sum up, summarize, summary, summate, summation, summing, summing up, supplies, supply on hand, survey, suspense ledger, synopsize, table, table of organization, tabulate, take account of, take stock, tally, tally sheet, tally up, token, tot up, total, total up, tote up, trace, treasure, treasury, vendibles, verify, vestige, wares, whole
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