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Inventory vs Ledger - What's the difference?

inventory | ledger |

As nouns the difference between inventory and ledger

is that inventory is the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business while ledger is a book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.

As a verb inventory

is to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

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

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    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

    ledger

    English

    (wikipedia ledger)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
  • (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
  • (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building.
  • A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
  • Derived terms

    * ledger bait * ledger board * (l) * ledger wall

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    See also

    * (wikipedia "ledger") *