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   Inventory (?), n.; pl. Inventories (#). [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See Invent.]
   1. 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. Hence: Any listing, as in a catalogue, of objects or resources on hand and available for use or for sale.  Specifically, the annual account listing the stock on hand, taken in any business.
   
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   There take an inventory of all I have. Shak.
   
   
   2. The objects contained on an inventory1; especially: the stock of items on hand in any business, either for sale and not yet sold, or kept as raw materials to be converted into finished products.
   
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   3. The total value of all goods in an inventory2.
   
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   4. The act of making an inventory1.
   
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   Syn. -- List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.
   
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   Inventory, 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”.
   
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   I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. Shak.
   
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