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stocktaking

4.6

Counting and recording all the goods and materials a business has

noun
/ˈstɑkˌteɪkɪŋ/

: inventario

The annual stocktaking revealed discrepancies between the expected numbers and what was actually present in the warehouse.

Examples

All employees were required to assist with stocktaking at the end of the fiscal year.
After the holiday rush, the store scheduled a thorough stocktaking to assess inventory levels.
Don't forget the stocktaking!
The stocktaking is important.
After the holiday rush, the store scheduled a thorough stocktaking to assess inventory levels.
All employees were required to assist with stocktaking at the end of the fiscal year.
The annual stocktaking revealed discrepancies between the expected numbers and what was actually present in the warehouse.

Synonyms

inventory

vsstocktaking

279 3.6

A list of goods and their amounts that a business has

is the active process of counting and recording those items

stocktake

vsstocktaking

1 4.9

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

is the general ongoing process rather than one single act

stock-taking

vsstocktaking

3.6

A detailed count of the goods a shop or business has

is the unhyphenated modern form of the same term

inventorying

vsstocktaking

4.6

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

focuses on counting and recording items for accounting purposes

stock-take

vsstocktaking

4.4

Counting and checking the goods a shop or warehouse has

is the broader continuous process of recording stock over time

How Thorough

stocktaking

4.6

count

780 1.0

spot check

3 3.6

Surface Forms

stocktaking singular

stocktakings plural

Morphology

stocktaking = stock + take (transparent) = stock + take + ing

Formed from the compound 'stock' + 'take' with the regular gerundive/nominalizing suffix '-ing', yielding the activity of counting inventory.

Etymology

Stocktaking comes from stock meaning 'goods' or 'supply' and taking meaning 'counting' or 'taking'. It originally meant the careful counting and recording of a shop's or warehouse's items, which is why today a stocktaking is the process of counting and recording what a business has.