destock

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verb

To reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment)

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Meanings

verbdestock (third-person singular simple present destocks, present participle destocking, simple past and past participle destocked)

present singular third person destocks · participle present destocking · participle past destocked · past destocked

  1. To reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment)

Origin

From de- + stock.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stocked
Cite this entry
APA

destock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destock

MLA

“destock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “destock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destock.

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