stock-in-trade

  • 11Stock in Trade — Infobox Company company name = Stock in Trade Ltd foundation = 1990 location = London, England industry = Business Services products = Office IT supplies slogan = Mange > Control > Save . homepage = [http://www.stock in trade.co.uk/ www.stock in… …

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  • 12stock in trade — 1. the requisites for carrying on a business, esp. 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… …

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  • 13stock-in-trade — also stock in trade N SING: with poss If you say that something is someone s stock in trade, you mean that it is a usual part of their behaviour or work. Patriotism is every politician s stock in trade... Delicious potted shrimps and prawns were… …

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  • 14stock-in-trade — {n. phr.} The materials which one customarily deals, sells, or offers. * /Imported silk blouses from the Orient are the stock in trade of their small shop./ * /Anecdotes are often an after dinner speaker s stock in trade./ …

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  • 15stock-in-trade — {n. phr.} The materials which one customarily deals, sells, or offers. * /Imported silk blouses from the Orient are the stock in trade of their small shop./ * /Anecdotes are often an after dinner speaker s stock in trade./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 16stock in trade — 1. the requisites for carrying on a business, esp. 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… …

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  • 17stock-in-trade — n. phr. the materials which one customarily deals, sells, or offers. Imported silk blouses from the Orient are the stock in trade of their small shop. Anecdotes are often an after dinner speaker s stock in trade …

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  • 18stock-in-trade — noun Date: 1721 1. the equipment, merchandise, or materials necessary to or used in a trade or business 2. something that resembles the standard equipment of a tradesman or business < humor was her stock in trade as a writer > …

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  • 19stock in trade — see stock in trade …

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  • 20stock in trade — main product, bread and butter    Our stock in trade is tires. We sell more tires than oil or gas …

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