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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-vuhn-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i



Definition of inventories

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French inventoire "inventory, detailed list of goods, catalogue," from Medieval Latin inventorium (Late Latin inventarium) "list of what is found," from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire "to find" (see invention). The verb is first recorded c.1600, from the noun.
  • noun list of stock; stock
Example sentences :
  • The inventories included also the furniture and properties of the sacristy.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • The name appears not in inventories after the earliest years.
  • Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
  • It is absurd to grumble at these Inventories of the Round Earth.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
  • A loose-leaf book is preferred by some people for inventories and accounts.
  • Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne
  • Antient kalendars and inventories of the treasury of his majesty's Exchequer.
  • Extract from : « Jewellery » by H. Clifford Smith,
  • Fourteenth-century Inventories abound with references to ailettes.
  • Extract from : « Armour & Weapons » by Charles John Ffoulkes
  • The cleaning of armour is frequently alluded to in Inventories.
  • Extract from : « Armour & Weapons » by Charles John Ffoulkes
  • Inventories of Lancaster disclose woolen-wheels and wool cards.
  • Extract from : « The Stronghold » by Miriam Haynie
  • Inventories were then taken, and search made for the Jesuits' money.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 » by Various
  • "He found a lot of Greek inventories of military stores," Penrose continued.
  • Extract from : « Omnilingual » by H. Beam Piper

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