stock in trade

Noun

Meaning

stock in trade

Alternative spelling of stock-in-trade

Merchandise and other necessary supplies kept on hand in order to do business.

A technique, skill or ability habitually used by a person, group of persons, or an organization, often in the course of their business.

Alternative names

stock-in-trade

Synonyms

Examples

Bakare continued: “I have a word for some Yoruba people whose stock in trade is nothing but a rancorous noise characterised by bitterness and resentment about the ancestry of the former two-term governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Source: Internet

Her stock in trade is mostly black-and-white caricature silhouettes which blend the subject's image, name and profession or avocation into what have become popular presentation items in this area. Source: Internet

’s effortless onscreen normality has become his stock in trade. Source: Internet

This is their stock in trade. Source: Internet

Steve, for future reference: it's "stock in trade," not "stock and trade." Source: Internet

But fate's strange turns are Alexandra's stock in trade. Source: Internet

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