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Stores vs Inventory - What's the difference?

stores | inventory |

As nouns the difference between stores and inventory

is that stores is plural of lang=en 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.

stores

English

Noun

(head)
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
  • In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores , were being widely used.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    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