| 单词 | inventory |
| 释义 | inventory inventory /; AmE / noun, verb
■ noun
PERPETUAL INVENTORY, BEGINNING INVENTORY, CONTINUOUS INVENTORY
1 (Commerce ; Production ) [C,U] (especially AmE) the goods that a business has for sale at a particular time: We will carry a large inventory of candy. Crude oil inventories are running low. What do you do when you're stuck with inventory you can't sell? The company has slashed inventory levels to just six days. SYN STOCK
❖ to buy (in)/order/replenish inventory ◆ to carry/have/hold inventory ◆ to control/get rid of/reduce/run down/sell off inventory
2 (Accounting ; Production ) [U,C] (especially AmE) all the goods owned by a business, including raw materials, parts, work not yet finished and finished products: The company has no factories, no inventory, no delivery trucks and no sales force. The software can improve inventory management and cash flow. a drive to cut costs and reduce inventory levels in manufacturing SYN STOCK, STOCK-IN-TRADE
❖ to build (up)/maintain/order/replenish/store inventory ◆ to control/get rid of/reduce/run down/sell (off) inventory
3 [C] a complete list of something, especially of all the goods and property owned by a person, a company, an organization, etc: She keeps a full inventory of company assets and updates it every six months. They made/took an inventory of all the goods in the shop. The software takes an inventory of everything on your hard drive.
■ verb [+ obj] (inventories, inventorying, inventoried, inventoried)
to make a complete list of sth: The equipment was rarely inventoried. |
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