Goods vs Inventory - What's the difference?
goods | inventory |
(business, economics, plurale tantum) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
(informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
(transport) freight (not passengers)
English plurals
(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
(operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
(operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
(lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.
(operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
As nouns the difference between goods and inventory
is that goods is (business|economics|plurale tantum) that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while inventory is (operations) the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.As a verb inventory is
(operations) to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.goods
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Noun
(head)Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to produced, traded, or consumed "goods": returned, used, damaged, stolen, lost, dangerous, non-traded, intermediate, promotional, industrial, agricultural, imported, cheap, expensive, luxury, inferior, counterfeit, raw, processed, scarce, durable, perishable, baked, public, collective, digital, virtual, necessary, essential.Synonyms
* (that which is consumed) wares * evidence, factsAntonyms
* (that which is consumed) capital, servicesDerived terms
* baked goods * bill of goods * brown goods * capital goods * come up with the goods * consumer goods * cost of goods sold * damaged goods * dangerous goods * deliver the goods * digital goods * dry goods * fancy goods * finished goods * get the goods on, have the goods on * goods and sales tax * goods train, goods van, goods wagon * grave goods * greige goods * heavy goods vehicle * leathergoods * nongoods * red goods * sell someone a bill of goods * smallgoods * softgoods * white goodsExternal links
* (wikipedia "goods")Anagrams
*inventory
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(wikipedia inventory)Noun
(inventories)- Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
- The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
- This month's inventory took nearly three days.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en-verb)- The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.