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to stock-take

to stock-take

4.6
To count and check the goods a shop or warehouse has
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈstɒk.teɪk/
  • UK
translation icon : inventariar
  • Every December, the staff are required to stock-take the entire warehouse.

Examples

  • We need to stock-take all our equipment before the audit next week.

  • She spent the afternoon helping the team stock-take the shop shelves.

  • We need to stock-take the supplies before the event.

  • The manager stock-took the inventory yesterday.

  • At the end of the month, the employees must stock-take all the items in the warehouse.

  • Before the new season starts, the store will stock-take its merchandise to ensure everything is accounted for.

  • The company decided to stock-take its supplies to prepare for the upcoming sales event.

Synonyms

to inventory
vsto stock-take
12 4.1

To make a list of goods and their amounts in a business

focuses on listing goods or materials on hand

How Thorough

to audit
  • Specialized
17 4.2
to stock-take
  • UK
4.6
to count
∞ 1.0
to check
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

stock-take infinitive
stock-taking present participle
stock-takes third person singular
stock-took past
stock-taken past participle

Morphology

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

The word is clearly built from 'stock' + 'take', but the exact sense of conducting an inventory is a conventional lexicalized compound rather than a fully literal combination.

Etymology

To stock-take combines stock ('goods') and take ('to count' or 'to check'), so to stock-take something is to count and record all the goods in a shop or store.