deadstock
deadstock noun: merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
Noun
deadstock (countable and uncountable, plural deadstocks)
- Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
- No newsboy could possibly have got half way to Fairfax with any copies of the TIMES "unsold:" -- he wouldn't have had one left by the time he had crossed the Potomac, but would have fallen back on his dead stock of Tribunes and Heralds.1861, “SUPERFLUOUS INDIGNATION.”, in The New York Times
- the small space is a goldmine of never-been-worn big-name deadstock, including threads by Miu Miu, Alberta Ferretti and Stella McCartney,[…]2012, Time Out New York
- Agricultural implements and stored produce, distinguished from livestock.
- […]examining in turn, the husbandry of livestock, the consumption of domestic deadstock, and hunting in the earlier Neolithic,[…]2013, Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe
- Poultry housing is the 'dead stock' of a poultry unit and as such represents a considerable portion of the capital outlay,[…]2014, David Bland, Practical Poultry Keeping
Verb
deadstock (third-person singular simple present deadstocks, present participle deadstocking, simple past and past participle deadstocked)
- To store in appropriate packaging for later.
Forms of deadstock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | deadstocks |
| alternative form | dead-stock |
| alternative form | dead stock |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | deadstocks |
| present participle | deadstocking |
| past participle | deadstocked |
| past | deadstocked |
Origin of deadstock
From dead + stock.
Words formed from deadstock
Questions about deadstock
- What does deadstock mean?
- Deadstock means merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
- What part of speech is deadstock?
- Deadstock can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of deadstock?
- The plural of deadstock is deadstocks.
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