Stock in trade

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stock in trade

–noun

1.	the requisites for carrying on a business, esp. goods kept on hand for sale in a store.

2.	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.

Also, stock-in-trade.

Origin:
1660–70

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stock-in-trade also stock in trade (stŏk'ĭn-trād', stŏk'ĭn-trād')
n.

All the merchandise and equipment kept on hand and used in carrying on a business.
The resources available to and habitually called on by a person in a given situation: A ready wit is her stock-in-trade.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: stock in trade
: the equipment, merchandise, or materials necessary to or used in a trade or business

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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