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Stocktake vs Inventory - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between stocktake and inventory

is that stocktake is an event in which stock is taken of something while inventory is the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

As a verb inventory is

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

stocktake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) An event in which stock is taken of something
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 8, author=, title=The Guardian: G2, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Patrick Barkham attends the annual stocktake at London Zoo, and things are getting confusing }}

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    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.

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    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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