Stocktake
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stocktake is a noun meaning The process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.
Meaning
The process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.
More Meanings
- (British) The act or process of taking stock of something, or the result of that assessment.
Example Sentences
Ben closed his eyes tightly for a quick stocktake of the situation as his heart and mind.
Patrick Barkham attends the annual stocktake at London Zoo, and things are getting confusing
She did a quick stocktake of the man who was standing there, half-hidden behind the door, glowering at her.
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.
Word Forms
- stocktakes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stocktaking, inventory, evaluation, assessment, stock-take, stock.
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