inventorying
USIN-vuhn-tor-ee-ing/ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i.ɪŋ/UK · AUSIN-vuhn-tree-ing/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of inventory.
Inventorying the museum's collection took the curators three full years.
The auditors are inventorying all company assets before the merger closes.
Note
The verb behind it is transitive, so the -ing form nearly always carries a direct object: inventorying the stock, inventorying a collection. As a gerund it overlaps with the noun inventory, which can itself name the process of compiling or updating a list. Inventorying puts the weight on the work as it happens, while taking an inventory names the whole job.
inventorying is a form of inventory
inventory, verb: To count and record the resources or items on hand, producing a detailed list. Full entry
- Forms
- inventoryinventories he/she/itinventorying -ing forminventoried past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- inventory → inventorying: add -ing
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