out-of-stock

  • 91a low-priced item to attract customers, then telling them that the product is out of stock and persuading them to buy a more expensive article. —     This store is famous for its bait and switch tactics …

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  • 92Stock — For capital stock in the sense of the fixed input of a production function, see Physical capital. For other uses, see Stock (disambiguation). Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities …

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  • 93Stock market — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …

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  • 94Stock car (rail) — In railroad terminology, a stock car is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock (not carcasses) to market. A traditional stock car resembles a boxcar with slats missing in the car s side (and sometimes end) for the purpose of… …

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  • 95Stock (firearm) — A stock, also known as a buttstock or shoulder stock, is present in many firearms and some crossbows (though a crossbow stock is properly a tiller ). [cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tiller |title=Online Etymology… …

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  • 96stock — The goods and wares of a merchant or tradesman, kept for sale and traffic. In a larger sense, the capital of a merchant or other person, including his merchandise, money, and credits, or, in other words, the entire property employed in business.… …

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  • 97Stock character — A stock character is one which relies heavily on cultural types or names for his or her personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. In their most general form, stock characters are related to literary archetypes, but they are often… …

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  • 98Stock market bubble — A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets when price of stocks rise and become overvalued by any measure of stock valuation. The existence of stock market bubbles is at odds with the assumptions of efficient …

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  • 99Stock market bottom — A stock market bottom is a trend reversal that marks the end of a market downturn and the beginning of an upward moving trend. A bottom may occur because of the presence of a cycle, or because of panic selling as a reaction to an adverse… …

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  • 100STOCK EXCHANGES — Jews came to the stock exchange by way of their medieval occupation of moneylending and their activity in the modern period as court jews and in banking . Soon after the founding of the first European international exchange at Antwerp (1536),… …

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