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stockout

stockout noun: an instance of an item being out of stock; the situation where an order cannot be fulfilled from current inventory.

Noun

stockout (plural stockouts)

  1. An instance of an item being out of stock; the situation where an order cannot be fulfilled from current inventory.

Forms of stockout

pluralstockouts
alternative formstock out
alternative formstock-out

Origin of stockout

Deverbal from stock out, ultimately from the prepositional phrase out of stock.

Questions about stockout

What does stockout mean?
Stockout means an instance of an item being out of stock; the situation where an order cannot be fulfilled from current inventory.
What part of speech is stockout?
Stockout is a noun.
What is the plural of stockout?
The plural of stockout is stockouts.

Words near stockout in the dictionary

  1. stockman
  2. stockmanship
  3. stockmarket
  4. stockmarkets
  5. stockmen
  6. stockout
  7. stockouts
  8. stockowner
  9. stockowners
  10. stockowning
  11. stockpeople

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