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Nessie000 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"carry a lot of inventories"

Hi,

Please have a look at this:

Customers can put demands on your cash when, for instance, they require you to carry a lot of inventories.



What does "carry a lot of inventories" mean?



Many thanks,

Nessie.
  

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I believe inventories here mean items from the customers' place/building or from yours. Anything that belongs to either one of you.

  • I believe inventories here mean items from the customers' place/building or from yours.
  • Anything that belongs to either one of you.
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I believe inventories here mean items from the customers' place/building or from yours. Anything that belongs to either one of you.
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Thank you very much, Sjvn.

I also think 'inventories' has that meaning here, but what about 'carry a lot of inventories'? does it mean 'keep a lot of inventories' or 'bring a lot of inventories from one place to another'?

Many thanks once again,

Nessie.
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Yes I believe, at least in this context, that it would mean to 'bring a lot of inventories from one place to another'. 

My pleasure, and regards.
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Hi Nessie

In your sentence, I understand "carry a lot of inventories" to basically mean "keep many goods in stock".

I would say that the verb "carry" has absolutely nothing to do with carrying/moving/shipping goods from the company to the customer in the context of your sentence. Instead, the sentence refers to the fact that if the company maintains high inventory level
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Hi,
One store, one inventory. Everything in the store is the store's inventory.

The standard phrase is to 'carry a lot of inventory'.

Best wishes, Clive

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