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destock

destock verb: to reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment).

Verb

destock (third-person singular simple present destocks, present participle destocking, simple past and past participle destocked)

  1. To reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment)

Forms of destock

third-person singular presentdestocks
present participledestocking
past participledestocked
pastdestocked

Origin of destock

From de- + stock.

Questions about destock

What does destock mean?
Destock means to reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment).
What part of speech is destock?
Destock is a verb.
What is the past tense of destock?
The past tense of destock is destocked.

Words near destock in the dictionary

  1. destitution
  2. destitutions
  3. destn.
  4. destns.
  5. desto
  6. destock
  7. destocked
  8. destocking
  9. destocks
  10. destone
  11. destoned

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