stock in trade

贸易库存

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- : 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.

nounmaterials or resources used to run a business

Synonyms

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.
I didn't take much stock in the yarn at the time, but I'm beginning to think he had it straight.
One day she had heard a man say, "If there is a drought we shall have the devil to pay with our stock before winter is over."