inventory item
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈɪnvənˌtɔri ˈaɪtəm/
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artículo de inventario
- The accountant prepared a detailed report of each inventory item and their corresponding stock levels.
- vendor for common inventory items
- class A inventory items
Examples
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One type of supplier has a tax ID and furnishes the inventory items that ABC resells.
Academic text (1993) -
For a typical sales transaction, the information system may capture the data attributes of inventory item, sales price, date, customer, and salesperson.
Academic text (2005) -
Participants who did not respond to all inventory items were eliminated from the study.
Academic text (2009) -
For example, an inventory item might be a 16-foot 4" x 4" upon purchase, and it could be sold as such.
Academic text (2002) -
A common procedure for classifying inventory items is known as the ABC classification method.
Academic text (1992) -
When a vendor number or an inventory item number does not exist in the database, the clerk enters it.
Academic text (1999) -
Moreover, the BIP Teaching Effectiveness Inventory items were used to plan, implement, and self-evaluate their daily lessons.
Academic text (2008) -
Significant differences between the groups were obtained for some of the inventory items, with children commonly assigning lower ratings to the mothers than the mothers assigned to themselves.
Academic text (1991) -
Each time the clerk enters a vendor number, inventory item number, and expected receipt date, the system retrieves the vendor name and item description.
Academic text (1999) -
The store has a diverse range of inventory items, including furniture and electronics.
Synonyms
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1.0
A single thing, often something made to sell
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3.5
A single entry in a budget or bill that shows how much money it is and what it is for
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an individual object recorded as part of an inventory' is directly and compositionally built from 'inventory' (a record of goods) + 'item' (a distinct unit), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer the compound meaning. This straightforward noun+noun construction is common across languages and follows standard English compounding patterns, making it easily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Inventory item comes from the simple image of a shopkeeper walking through a storeroom and pointing at each thing while making a 'list'. Each pointed thing is an item in the inventory, so the term means one object that is 'recorded' as part of a company's stock.