{
    "term": "inventory",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a written list of all the objects, furniture, etc. in a particular building",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an inventory of the museum’s contents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Disaster response teams are completing an inventory of damaged facilities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The inventory lists many rare items."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The manager is compiling an inventory of all the hotel furniture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting is listed in an inventory of his complete works."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were no forks in the inventory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All my personal possessions were included in the inventory."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "comprehensive", "detailed"],
                "verb + inventory": ["compile", "complete", "conduct"],
                "inventory + verb": ["list something"],
                "preposition": ["in an/​the inventory", "on an/​the inventory"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "all the goods in a store",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The inventory will be disposed of over the next twelve weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "inventory control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hotel chains often cut prices in order to sell excess inventory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The store wanted to offer more items but stock less inventory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a business that is low on inventory"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excess", "surplus", "unsold"],
                "verb + inventory": ["stock", "replenish", "liquidate"],
                "inventory + noun": ["control", "management"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "all of the stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress and finished products",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Business inventories rose 0.7% in October."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnvəntri/",
                "audio": "in/inventory/inventory__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnvəntɔːri/",
                "audio": "in/inventory/inventory__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally ‘a list of what is found’, from Latin invenire ‘come upon’."
}