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stock-take

stock-take

4.4
Counting and checking the goods a shop or warehouse has
  • noun
  • /ˈstɑkˌteɪk/
  • UK
translation icon : inventario
  • Before the holiday sales, the store conducted a thorough stock-take of its merchandise.

Examples

  • The manager scheduled a stock-take to ensure all items were accounted for in the inventory.

  • We need to perform a stock-take to determine what items need to be reordered.

  • Anyway, he was allowed to stay in the shop at the corner to do the stock take an hour after everybody else.

  • Anyway, he was allowed to stay in the shop at the corner to do the stock take an hour after everybody else.

Synonyms

stocktake
vsstock-take
  • UK
1 4.9

An act of counting and checking the goods and materials a business has

is the same action but often written with a hyphen
stocktaking
vsstock-take
  • UK
4.6

Counting and recording all the goods and materials a business has

is about one specific counting event rather than the whole process
stock-taking
vsstock-take
  • UK
3.6

A detailed count of the goods a shop or business has

refers to one occurrence of counting rather than the general procedure
inventorying
vsstock-take
4.6

Making a detailed list of the goods a business has on hand

covers a single inventory count rather than creating a full itemized record

How Thorough

inventory accounting
  • Specialized
5.2
stock list
1 3.4
stock-take
  • UK
4.4
to count
∞ 1.0
spot check
3 3.6

Surface Forms

stock-take singular
stock-takes plural

Morphology

stock-take = stock + take (transparent) = stock + take

The meaning 'an inventory count' is directly built from the components 'stock' + 'take' and is easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Stock-take comes from stock meaning 'goods' or 'supply' and take meaning 'to take' or 'to count'. So a stock-take is literally taking the stock — counting and checking what a shop or warehouse has.