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Inventory definition

Question
What is inventory? 
Answer
Inventory is the physical stock of materials, supplies, work in process and finished goods, typically being held for sale to customers, or in the manufacturing and distribution pipeline.

In the finance world, inventory consists of financial instruments, precious metals and the like that have a measurable value. 
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