Dictionary entry

Inventory

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.