🇬🇧🇨🇳 stock - 库存 : English Lesson

Meaning of "stock" ("库存"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Stock is all the goods a shop has ready to sell, or all of one type of thing they have. If a shop has 20 toy cars to sell, those 20 toy cars are its toy car stock. When people buy things and the shop runs out, we say the shop is “out of stock,” because it has no more of that item left to sell.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

They had such a big stock of ketchup that people started dipping their fries, their veggies, and possibly their math homework.

The bakery’s stock of doughnuts disappeared when the teacher said, “Free snacks for anyone who did their homework.”

The supermarket’s stock of bananas was so huge that a monkey would’ve called it a five-star hotel.

The sports shop had a giant stock of footballs, and one clumsy kick turned the aisle into a bouncy obstacle course.

The ice cream store doubled its stock, and so did the size of everyone’s brain freeze.

The small shop had little stock left. A boy looked at the empty shelf and felt sad. The man in the shop saw this. A man with boxes put new stock on the shelf. The man in the shop stacked the stock high and liked the stock. The boy took a toy from the stock and smiled.

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This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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