first step initiative opening move opening | the first of a series of actions |
opening | the act of opening something, the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door |
opening | becoming open or being made open, the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for |
opening chess opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess, he memorized all the important chess openings |
inventory accounting | accounting that controls and evaluates inventory |
inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
inventory inventorying stocktaking stock-taking | making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand, an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing, they held an inventory every month |
hatchway opening scuttle | an entrance equipped with a hatch, especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made, they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door |
stock inventory | the merchandise that a shop has on hand, they carried a vast inventory of hardware, they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory |
orifice opening porta | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity, the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart |
armory armoury inventory | a collection of resources, he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer |
possibility possible action opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
opening line | the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story) |
opening | the initial part of the introduction, the opening established the basic theme |
personality inventory personality assessment | a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits, a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test |
selfeport personality inventory selfeport inventory | a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make |
California Personality Inventory CPI | a selfeport personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI, consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc. |
Eysenck Personality Inventory EPI | a selfeport personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism) |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI | a selfeport personality inventory consisting ofitems that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with, many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI items |
inventory item | an item listed in an inventory |
parts inventory | an inventory of replacement parts |
inventory stock list | a detailed list of all the items in stock |
opening opening night curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
opening | a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise |
opening gap | an open or empty space in or between things, there was a small opening between the trees, the explosion made a gap in the wall |
inventory | (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods |
opening | opportunity especially for employment or promotion, there is an opening in the sales department |
inventory take stock stock-take | make or include in an itemized record or report, Inventory all books before the end of the year |
opening | first or beginning, the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth, the play's opening scene |