inventory

inventory
A detailed list of articles of property; a list or schedule of property and other assets, containing a designation or description of each specific article; quantity of goods or materials on hand or in stock; an itemized list of the various items or articles constituting a collection, estate, stock in trade, etc., with their estimated or actual values.
In law, the term is often applied to such a list made by an executor, administrator, or trustee in bankruptcy. In accounting, refers to segment of financial statement reflecting value of businesses' raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. The two primary types of inventory accounting methods are first-in, first-out, and last-in, first-out.
See FIFO and LIFO.
Goods held for sale or lease or furnished under contracts of service; also, raw materials, work in process or materials used or consumed in a business. U.C.C. No. 9-109(4). Also, written schedule of such goods

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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