1. [n]  making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "the inventory took two days"
2. [n]  the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
3. [n]  a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
4. [n]  a detailed list of all the items in stock
5. [n]  (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
6. [v]  make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year"

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1. \In"ven*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Inventories}. [L.
   inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also
   inventoire. See {Invent}.]
   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; specifically, the annual account
   of stock taken in any business.
         There take an inventory of all I have.   --Shak.
   Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See {List}.
   

2. \In"ven*to*ry\, v. t. [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.