He asked me if I had had an inventory made before buying the store.
A salesman from Bates & Hotchkin came in the afternoon and said his firm had told him about my wanting an inventory taken and offered to stay with me till it was done.
Herson came over to me when he finished the inventory and said: "I'm afraid you are going to be sadly disappointed at the figures.
Barrington then said that the best thing to do was to get an inventory made as quickly as possible, and then try to get hold of Simpson and see if we couldn't adjust it with him.
The princely fortune of this "greatest of all the men of the East," is indicated by an inventory of his flocks and herds.
The inventory of these royal exactions is so true to the experience of all countries under kingly rule, you will read it with interest.
The library was large; it had taken long to make an inventory and still longer to find a revisor to go over it and note the prohibited books.
In this case the necessary preliminary of submitting an inventory to a revisor had evidently been complied with.
The governor refused until he could consult the king, when the commissioner at night broke the seal, made his way in, compiled an inventory and replaced the seal as best he could.
Five audiences on the inventoryof his papers and effects.
In the inventory of the patriarchal Francis Littlefield, who died in 1712, we find the exceptional items of one looking-glass, two old chairs, and two old books.
Inventory of articles taken by Brigida Sueva di Montefeltro, alias Sister Serafina, into the Convent of Corpus Domini 433 III.
That she did not leave behind all mundane tastes may be concluded from a curious inventory of paraphernalia which she took into the cloister, printed by the Abbe Olivieri from the original in her own hand, and contained in II.
We will content ourselves, then, with having taken a glance at the most clearly marked individuals; and as I said to you just now, it is by them that we will arrange our inventory of the groups.
The bill of sale must have annexed to it an inventory of the chattels comprised in it, and is void, except as against the grantor, in respect of any personal chattels not specifically described.
They even insisted on going into the infirmary to inventory beds and blankets.
Though, if we may believe a functionary interviewed by a reporter of the Journal de Geneve, not one inventoryhas been made thoroughly, as the Government is very anxious to have it over.
To one who has been familiar with the characteristics and the careers of these persons for fifteen years, the correspondence between what is found on the inventory and what is found in the actual lives is interestingly close.
It was somewhat after the foregoing fashion that I dreamily made the inventory of my personal property.
They made an inventory and the one-fourth came to just eighty-eight dollars and ninety-six cents.
The visiting Hollanders made a report to the bondholders, advising sale of the bonds at an average of about forty per cent of their face-value, which is what the inventory showed.
An inventory of the actual property was taken with the help of the Dutch Committee.
Word was sent to Girard that he could have his boat by bringing an inventory of the craft and cargo and paying over British gold to the amount.
I give the figures exact, as the inventory showed.
The inventory book comprises periodical lists of ledger balances and the balance sheet, records which are invariably kept under every adequate system, although not always in a book specially set aside for that purpose.
A balance sheet must be drawn up every year; but where a stock-in-trade is from its nature or its size difficult to take, it is sufficient for an inventory to be taken every two years.
In France traders are required by the Code of Commerce to keep three books--a journal, an inventory and a letter book, somewhat elaborate provisions being made to identify these books, and to prevent substitution.
The law of Rumania makes the employment of journal, inventory book and ledger compulsory, a small tax per page being charged on the two first named.
Hume is, of course, not primarily an economist; but that placid unbeliever is none the less a large item in any inventory of eighteenth-century economic thought.
Inventory of the Effects which I left in possession of Monsieur the Count de Turenne.
Inventory of my Effects, which Marchand will take care of, and convey to my Son.
Note: Hawes was for many years a member of Congress from Virginia and the inventory of his estate shows that at the time of his death, he owned one hundred and five slaves.
The inventory of Mr. Warwick's estate shows that at the time of his death he owned seventy-four slaves.
Note: The inventory of Smith's estate shows that he owned forty-three slaves at the time of his death.
That, Joe, is an inventory of our assets and liabilities," she answered smiling.
As soon as we have our breakfast, Bob, we'll go to the barn and take a careful inventory of all the grain, live stock, poultry and other products.
Bettie thinks it's better to take inventory on March first instead of April first, so that all the labor that goes on the spring plowing may be charged in the new year.
De Fougere finished his cigarette and then asked to see the laboratory diary and the inventory of chemicals on hand.
The factory had been bought, of course, after a preliminary inventory of contents and orders on hand, but Knowlton's task was to judge of its efficiency as an operating plant.
A careful inventory revealed a situation difficult to explain to a court of law and still more difficult to prove.
In addition to this, during my absence in America, Her Majesty's Theatre had been entirely dismantled and many thousand pounds worth of property not in theinventory taken and removed to Covent Garden.
I had parted with a large quantity of scenery and dresses, of which a full inventory was attached to my agreement, and which were valued at many thousands of pounds.
It is quite another to have to examine a whole book, make an inventory of all the allusions contained in it, and with a pair of compasses, painfully design a map to suit the data.
Godfrey's was listed in the 1860 inventory of an Illinois general store at six cents a bottle.
Four dozen bottles of Turlington's Balsam were included in an "Inventory of Stock the property of Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
Now either Queen Anne of Bohemia had two liveries--which is unlikely--or the inventory made by order of Henry IV.
If you will look in the inventory of jewels made on the usurpation of Henry the Fourth you will see this item, 'A collar of the livery of the Queen, on whom God have mercy, with an ostrich.
Alone in my room I made an inventory of my trunk, and having put aside everything of an ecclesiastical character, I sent for a Jew, and sold the whole parcel unmercifully.
My small trunk was laid open before the old woman, to whom was handed an inventory of all its contents, together with six sequins for six months paid in advance.
Goat=, locality not stated; in 1737 mentioned in the inventory of Elisha Cooke.
In the inventory of the estate of Hugh Drury in 1689 his part is described as one half of that house Mr. Wheeler lives in and cooper's shop.
From the inventory of her estate it appears that the house consisted, on the ground floor, of a large front room and small front room, the bar and kitchen, and closets in the entry.
The inventory describes Morris Keefe as a lemon dealer, and the house and land in Corn Court as worth L260.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inventory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
