stock (SUPPLY), take stock, stocktaking,inventory

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Wireless phone companies scored a victory when key lawmakers introduced legislation requiring the U.S. to take stock of how airwaves are used.

Sony Stocks Its Shelves With Google E-Books
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By Thomas Claburn In yet another sign that tech companies see a market for digital text, Sony on Thursday announced a deal with Google to include over ...

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stock (SUPPLY) Show phonetics
noun
1 [C or U] a supply of something for use or sale:
It is now halfway through winter and food stocks are already low.
The local shop has a good stock of postcards and guidebooks.
Much of the city's housing stock (= the number of houses in the city) is over 100 years old.

2 [U] the total amount of goods or the amount of a particular type of goods available in a shop:
This shop sells its old stock at a very low prices.
We'll be getting our new stock in on Friday.
The new edition is in/out of stock (= available/not available) in major bookshops.

stock Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 If a shop or factory stocks something, it keeps a supply of it:
Most supermarkets stock a wide range of wines.

2 to fill something such as a cupboard or shelves with food or goods:
He has a Saturday job stocking shelves in the local supermarket.
I always stock up the fridge before my sister comes to stay.

stockist Show phonetics
noun [C] UK
a shop that sells a particular type of goods:
a health food stockist

stocktaking Show phonetics
noun [U] UK
the counting of all the goods, materials, etc. kept in a place such as a shop

inventory Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 a detailed list of all the items in a place:
A set of twenty-four carved and gilded chairs appear on the inventory of the house for 1736.

2 US the amount of goods a shop has, or the value of them:
Our inventory of used cars is the best in town.

3 US FOR stocktaking

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take stock
To take stock (of something) is to think carefully about a situation or event and form an opinion about it, so that you can decide what to do:
After two years spent teaching abroad, she returned home for a month to take stock of her life.