<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.</li><li>the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods.</li><li>the aggregate value of a stock of goods.</li><li>raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold.</li><li>a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog.</li><li>a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods.</li><li>a formal list of the property of a person or estate.</li><li>a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance.</li><li>a catalog of natural resources, especially a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area.</li><li>the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.</li><li>to take stock of; evaluate: to inventory one's life and accomplishments.</li><li>to summarize: to inventory the progress in chemistry.</li><li>to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock.</li><li>to have value as shown by an inventory: stock that inventories at two million dollars.</li></ul>