stock-taking

Noun stock-taking has 2 senses

• stock-taking(n = noun.cognition) stocktaking - reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook;
is a kind of reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review

• stock-taking(n = noun.act) inventory, inventorying, stocktaking - 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"
is a kind of itemisation, itemization, listing
has particulars: stock-take, stocktake