Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.