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# inventory

«inventory» in Mova's school dictionary: **A complete list of all the things in a place, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an inventory, inventories); verb (inventory, inventories, inventoried, inventorying — mostly US)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A complete list of all the things in a place, such as goods in a shop or items in a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#m1)

2) All the goods a shop or company has in store, ready to sell (stock). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#m2)

3) (games) The list or box of things a player carries in a video game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#m3)

4) (verb) To make a full list of things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths it appears in shop and stock problems (counting, adding and taking away items); in business and everyday life shops «take inventory»; in video games your inventory holds your tools and treasure. In stories, a character may make an inventory of what they have when lost or shipwrecked. Phrases: take (an) inventory, inventory list, in the inventory.

### examples

- The shop takes an inventory of everything on the shelves each January. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x1)
- Robinson made an inventory of the things he saved from the wreck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x2)
- My inventory is full, so I can't pick up the sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x3)
- The library inventory shows 3,000 books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x4)
- Before we moved, Mum made an inventory of the furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x5)
- The toy shop's inventory ran low before Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x6)
- If the inventory had 120 pens and 45 were sold, 75 are left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/#x7)

### note

Countable: an inventory, inventories (y → ies). UK English often uses «stock» for goods; «inventory» is more US. Stress: IN-ven-tor-y (UK often IN-ven-tree). Do not confuse with «invention». In maths problems it is the starting amount of items, usually changed by sales (subtract) and deliveries (add).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inventory» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.