stocktakes
stocktakes is the plural of stocktake.
Meaning of stocktake
Noun
stocktake (plural stocktakes)
- 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
- 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
Questions about stocktakes
- What is stocktakes the plural of?
- Stocktakes is the plural of stocktake.
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