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inventory.

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

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/Canada, General-American/ˈɪn.vənˌtɹi/Canada, General-American
  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.
  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.
  3. The process of producing or updating such a list.

    This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  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. The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)

    especially
    Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/Canada, General-American/ˈɪn.vənˌtɹi/Canada, General-American
  1. To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

    transitive
    The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.
Where this word comes from

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

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