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Inventory vs Checking - What's the difference?

inventory | checking |

As nouns the difference between inventory and checking

is that inventory is (operations) the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business while checking is (ice hockey) the act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

As verbs the difference between inventory and checking

is that inventory is (operations) to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory while checking is .

inventory

English

(wikipedia inventory)

Noun

(inventories)
  • (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
    • Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  • (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
    • The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  • (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
    • This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  • (lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * invent * invented * inventive * invention * inventor * reinvent

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

    Synonyms

    * (take stock) index

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    checking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
  • (informal) A checking account.
    • Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.