in|ven|to|ry

in|ven|to|ry «IHN vuhn _TR ee, -_TOHR-», noun, plural -ries, verb, -ried, -ry|ing.

–n.

1. a complete and detailed list of articles. An inventory of property or goods tells how many there are of each article and what they are worth.

2. all the articles listed or to be listed; stock: »

The storekeeper had a sale to reduce his inventory.

3. any detailed account: »

There are stores laid up in our human nature that our understanding can make no complete inventory of (George Eliot).

–v.t.

to make a detailed list of; enter in a list: »

Some stores inventory their stock once a month.

╂[< Medieval Latin inventorium, for Late Latin inentārium < inventus; see etym. under invent (Cf. ↑invent)]