in stock
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- idiom
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disponible
- All Idlers are in stock and ready for immediate shipment.
- in stock size
I hear that you're frustrated that the part is not in stock despite being told it was.
- I hear that you're frustrated that the part is not in stock despite being told it was.
- And this is only two left in stock.
- So it's really a question of can you get the performance you want from an in stock Pascal card?
- Yeah, Actually, I was just wondering, do you have any of this keyboard in stock?
- Our supplies are back in in stock and you can get them.
Examples
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We have a dark graphite metallic four-door in stock.
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Let me go check in back, see what we have in stock.
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Make sure you have all of that in stock, OK?
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See what they have in stock.
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We only had 2,000 in stock, so we did the other thousand in blue.
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We make these and we have them in stock and shipping.
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We are back in stock on Constellations.
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Several bookstores keep this wonderful book in stock, or they can order it for you.
Academic text (1995) -
We have these buckets and the filter system in stock at all times.
Blog text (25) -
The store confirmed that they have the new video game in stock and ready for purchase.
Synonyms
Having more than enough goods ready to use
Antonyms
How Available
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'available for use or sale' is directly and compositionally derived from 'in' (indicating location or presence) + 'stock' (inventory), so a learner who knows both words can infer something is present in the inventory and therefore available. This is a common, literal preposition + noun construction (attested cross-linguistically, e.g. Spanish/French 'en stock') and follows normal English composition patterns, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
In stock comes from shops keeping a stock, a supply of goods, and if an item is in that supply it is ready to sell. So, in stock means 'available' or 'ready to buy'.