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   inventory

   /ˈɪnv(ə)nt(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
   • ▪ a quantity of merchandise or goods held in stock: "in our warehouse you'll find a large inventory of new and used bicycles"
   • ▪ (in accounting) the entire stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress, and finished product.

   verb

   • 1. make a complete list of: "I inventoried his collection of drawings"
   • ▪ enter in a list: "every book was inventoried"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally ‘a list of what is found’, from Latin invenire ‘come upon’.

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