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stock in trade

or stock-in-trade

noun

  1. the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  2. resources or abilities peculiar to an individual or group or employed for a specific purpose:

    A feeling for language should be part of the stock in trade of any writer.



stock in trade

noun

  1. goods in stock necessary for carrying on a business
  2. anything constantly used by someone as a part of his profession, occupation, or trade

    friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stock in trade1

First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences

In discussing literature, they spoke of the perennial stock-in-trade of the republic of letters—woman's sin.

This Combination Show—old stock-in-trade of one company, and cast-offs from another—ain't the best o' bisness arter all.

Nowadays to sally forth with their stock-in-trade on their backs or in a cart is no longer the practice of the workers.

Thus the principal part of Parrys stock-in-trade—his rockets, incendiary kites, and improved Grecian fires—were not forthcoming.

Their "plant," it is true, is not large; a few coloured chalks and a soft duster form all their necessary stock-in-trade.

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