inventories

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inventories - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inventory \In"ven*to*ry\, 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 inventory[1]; 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 inventory[2].
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     4. The act of making an inventory[1].
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     Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.
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