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inventory

The correct spelling is inventory.

How to pronounce inventory

noun

IPA: /ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/

Say it like: Inv-ent-oree

The correct spelling is inventory. (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business. For example: "Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item."

Usage Examples

Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

This month's inventory took nearly three days.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
  2. 2.(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
  3. 3.(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
  4. 4.A space containing the items available to a character for immediate use.

verb

  1. 1.(operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

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