inventory

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun

n. the actual goods or materials that a business has available to sell.

n. the physical stock of goods, materials, or assets held by a business at a specific time.

“The shop has a large inventory of winter coats because of the cold weather.”

“Efficient supply chain management requires keeping enough inventory to meet demand without incurring excessive storage costs.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Science Academic · Technical

n. the full set of sounds or words that exist in a specific language.

n. the total set of a specified linguistic feature, such as phonemes or morphemes, within a particular language or dialect.

“English has a larger inventory of vowel sounds than many other languages.”

“The researcher analyzed the phonological inventory of the dialect to determine how it differed from the standard variety.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Computing Informal

n. the screen in a video game where you can see and manage the items your character is carrying.

n. a user interface element in video games that displays the items currently held or equipped by the player character.

“I need to drop some rocks because my inventory is full and I can't carry more gold.”

“The game's inventory management system was criticized for being too small, forcing players to constantly discard useful items.”

C1 · Advanced Formal

v. to make a list of all the items you have in a place.

v. to perform a systematic count and recording of items or resources on hand.

“The staff will inventory the warehouse supplies over the weekend.”

“It is standard procedure to inventory the laboratory equipment at the end of each fiscal year to account for any losses.”