inventory

inventory
inventoriable, adj.inventorial, adj.inventorially, adv.
/in"veuhn tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, n., pl. inventories, v., inventoried, inventorying.
n.
1. 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.
2. the objects or items represented on such a list, as a merchant's stock of goods.
3. the aggregate value of a stock of goods.
4. raw material from the time of its receipt at an industrial plant for manufacturing purposes to the time it is sold.
5. a detailed, often descriptive, list of articles, giving the code number, quantity, and value of each; catalog.
6. a formal list of movables, as of a merchant's stock of goods.
7. a formal list of the property of a person or estate.
8. a tally of one's personality traits, aptitudes, skills, etc., for use in counseling and guidance.
9. a catalog of natural resources, esp. a count or estimate of wildlife and game in a particular area.
10. the act of making a catalog or detailed listing.
v.t.
11. to make an inventory of; enter in an inventory; catalog.
12. to take stock of; evaluate: to inventory one's life and accomplishments.
13. to summarize: to inventory the progress in chemistry.
14. to keep an available supply of (merchandise); stock.
v.i.
15. to have value as shown by an inventory: stock that inventories at two million dollars.
[1375-1425; late ME inventorie < ML inventorium; see INVENT, -TORY2]
Syn. 5. roster, record, register, account. See list1.

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In business, any item of property held in stock by a firm, including finished goods held for sale, goods in the process of production, raw materials, and items that will be consumed in the process of producing salable goods.

Inventories appear on a company's balance sheet as assets. Inventory turnover, which indicates the rate at which goods are converted into cash, is a key factor in appraising a firm's financial condition. For financial statements, inventories may be priced either at cost or at market value.

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      in business, any item of property held in stock by a firm, including finished goods ready for sale, goods in the process of production, raw materials, and goods that will be consumed in the process of producing goods to be sold. Inventories appear on a company's balance sheet as an asset. Inventory turnover, which indicates the rate at which goods are converted into cash, is a key factor in appraising a firm's financial condition. Fluctuation in the ratio of inventory to sales is known as inventory investment or disinvestment.

      The monetary value of the inventory also appears on the income statement in determining the cost of the goods sold. The cost of goods sold is determined by adding the inventory on hand at the beginning of the period to the cost of purchasing and producing goods during the period and subtracting from this total the inventory on hand at the end of the period. For financial statements inventories are usually priced at cost or at market value, whichever is lower. The purchase costs of the merchandise and materials usually fluctuate during the year, however, which makes it necessary to determine which cost-flow assumption is to be used for inventory purposes. Three methods are in general use: average cost; first-in, first-out (FIFO), which assigns the cost of the last units purchased to the inventory and the cost of the first units purchased to the goods that were sold; and last-in, first-out (LIFO), in which the reverse pattern is followed. (See accounting.)

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