INVENTORY

I. noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Middle English inventarie, inventorie, from Anglo-French inventaire, inventorie, from Latin inventarium, from inventum thing found, topic, neuter of inventus Date: 15th century 1. an itemized list of current assets: as, a catalog of the property of an individual or estate, a list of goods on hand, a survey of natural resources, a list of traits, preferences, attitudes, interests, or abilities used to evaluate personal characteristics or skills, survey , summary , the quantity of goods or materials on hand ; stock , the act or process of taking an ~, inventorial adjective inventorially adverb II. transitive verb (-ried; -rying) Date: 1602 to make an ~ of ; catalog