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stock-up

stock-up noun: the act or an instance of stocking up.

Noun

stock-up (plural stock-ups)

  1. (attributive, often) The act or an instance of stocking up.
    • Come to our stock-up sale and save big!
    • Do you have a stock-up price? [for bulk discount]

Forms of stock-up

pluralstock-ups
alternative formstockup

Origin of stock-up

Deverbal from stock up.

Questions about stock-up

What does stock-up mean?
Stock-up means the act or an instance of stocking up.
What part of speech is stock-up?
Stock-up is a noun.
What is the plural of stock-up?
The plural of stock-up is stock-ups.

Words near stock-up in the dictionary

  1. stock-still
  2. stock-take
  3. stock-takes
  4. stock-ticker symbol
  5. stock-ticker symbols
  6. stock-up
  7. stock-ups
  8. stockable
  9. stockade
  10. stockaded
  11. stockades

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