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STOCK-IN-TRADE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does stock-in-trade mean?

• STOCK-IN-TRADE (noun)
The noun STOCK-IN-TRADE has 1 sense:

1. any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation

Familiarity information: STOCK-IN-TRADE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STOCK-IN-TRADE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade

Hypernyms ("stock-in-trade" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

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