INVENTORYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inventorying mean? 

• INVENTORYING (noun)
  The noun INVENTORYING has 1 sense:

1. making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand

  Familiarity information: INVENTORYING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVENTORYING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

inventory; inventorying; stock-taking; stocktaking

Context example:

they held an inventory every month

Hypernyms ("inventorying" is a kind of...):

itemisation; itemization; listing (the act of making a list of items)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inventorying"):

stock-take; stocktake (an instance of stocktaking)

Derivation:

inventory (make or include in an itemized record or report)

 Context examples 

By inventorying the contents of GJ 3470 b's atmosphere, astronomers are able to uncover clues about the planet's nature and origin.

(Atmosphere of Midsize Planet Revealed by Hubble, Spitzer, NASA)