Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inventories"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inventory \In"ven*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Inventories}. [L.
inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also
inventoire. See {Invent}.]
An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or
administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes
of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the
property of which a person or estate is found to be
possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables,
with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account
of stock taken in any business.
There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak.
Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See {List}.
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