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stock in trade definition

stock in trade

  1. goods kept available for sale at a store or shop
  2. tools, materials, etc. used in carrying on a trade or a business
  3. any resources, practices, or devices characteristically employed by a given person or group

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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