"inventories" in the noun sense
1. inventory, stock list
a detailed list of all the items in stock
2. stock, inventory
the merchandise that a shop has on hand
"they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
"they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
3. inventory
accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
4. armory, armoury, inventory
a collection of resources
"he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
5. inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking
making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"
"they held an inventory every month"
"inventories" in the verb sense
1. inventory, take stock, stock-take
make or include in an itemized record or report
"Inventory all books before the end of the year"
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