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stocktake

stocktake noun: the process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.

Noun

stocktake (plural stocktakes)

  1. The process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.
    • Patrick Barkham attends the annual stocktake at London Zoo, and things are getting confusing2009 January 8, “The Guardian: G2”, in The Guardian
  2. (UK) The act or process of taking stock of something, or the result of that assessment.
    • Of all GE's journals, this diary most closely documents her processes of composition, and the list of 'Order of Writings' in the front of the book (evidently written in 1876 or'7) provides a stocktake of her career.2000, George Eliot, Margaret Harris, Judith Johnston, The Journals of George Eliot, page 91
    • Ben closed his eyes tightly for a quick stocktake of the situation as his heart and mind.2009, Brendon Lancaster, Hoodie, page 32

Forms of stocktake

pluralstocktakes

Origin of stocktake

From stock + take.

Questions about stocktake

What does stocktake mean?
Stocktake means the process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.
What part of speech is stocktake?
Stocktake is a noun.
What is the plural of stocktake?
The plural of stocktake is stocktakes.

Words near stocktake in the dictionary

  1. Stocksfield
  2. Stocksmoor
  3. Stockstill
  4. Stockstills
  5. Stocksund
  6. stocktake
  7. stocktaker
  8. stocktakers
  9. stocktakes
  10. stocktaking
  11. stocktakings

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