out of stock

prepositional phrase

Unable to sell an item because none are available in inventory.

“Sorry, there's been a run on turkeys and we're out of stock.”

Similar
sold outunavailable
Opposite
in stock
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. businessUnable to sell an item because none are available in inventory.

    Sorry, there's been a run on turkeys and we're out of stock.

    Synonyms: sold out

  2. businessUnavailable because the stock in inventory has all been sold or used up.

    The turkeys are out of stock but we have some guinea fowl in the back.

    Synonyms: sold out · Antonyms: in stock

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseUnable to sell an item because none are available in inventory.

Similar
sold out

prepositional phraseUnavailable because the stock in inventory has all been sold or used up.

Similar
sold out
Opposite
in stock

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot available for sale or use

Similar
unavailable
Also see
sold outunavailable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 缺貨 /缺货
  • 缺貨 /缺货 (quēhuò)unavailable for sale
Finnish loppunut, lopussa
  • loppunutunavailable for sale
  • lopussaunavailable for sale
  • loppuunavailable for sale
  • loppuunmyytyunavailable for sale
French en rupture de stock, en rupture de stock
  • en rupture de stockunable to sell
  • en rupture de stockunavailable for sale
Spanish fuera de stock, agotado
  • fuera de stockunavailable for sale
  • agotadounavailable for sale
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APA

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MLA

“out of stock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20stock. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of stock,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20stock.

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