(operations) The formal management of the timing and quantities of goods to be ordered and stocked by an organization in order that demand can always be satisfied without excess expenditure

(intransitive, often with of) to compile an inventory; to take stock; to inventory. / (intransitive, often with of) to assess a situation

(video games) A system of inventory management where acquired items must be arranged according to the space that they consume.

Alternative letter-case form of inventory Tetris

plural of ad inventory

(Scotland, law) A legal privilege whereby an heir secured himself against unlimited liability for his ancestor, by giving up within the annus deliberandi an inventory of his heritage or real estate, which then represented the maximum extent to which he was liable.

plural of interest inventory

(education) A list of a person's areas of interest, generated from a standardized test and used to suggest careers they might like to pursue.

(accounting) A system of assessing a business' inventory in which updates are made on a periodic basis, so that a completely accurate account is only available immediately after the update.

(accounting) A system of maintaining a business' inventory in which changes to the inventory are recorded in real time, so that the inventory is always accurate.