stocktake
IPA: stˈɑkteɪk
noun
- The process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.
- (Britain) The act or process of taking stock of something, or the result of that assessment.
stock-take
IPA: stˈɑkteɪk
noun
- Alternative spelling of stocktake. [The process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location.]
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Examples of "stocktake" in Sentences
- Trade ministers have agreed to carry out a so-called stocktake in March to assess whether it is possible to seal a deal by the end of the year.
- First ever national 'stocktake' of reptiles and amphibians and annual wildlife survey hope to replicate success of the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch
- Transport Secretary Philip Hammond on Friday summoned Government chiefs for an hour-long emergency weather meeting to "stocktake" and discuss preparations for the weekend.
- Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Acting Minister of Energy and Resources): Yes; the stocktake is a carefully considered document, and it contains a great deal of useful information.
- Some of the new products included on the council's "stocktake" are new farm cottages, guest houses, a diving resort, a fly fishing club, river trips, safaris and mampoer and witblits tasting tours.
- Since entering No 10, Mr Cameron has overseen a "stocktake" of Britain's Afghan strategy, consulting even outspoken critics of the current Nato strategy of supporting Mr Karzai's regime and training his police and army.
- In the Joint Declaration, we have also created a framework for constructive consultations in areas where the two sides do not share common ground (the details are set out in a 'stocktake' document available online at www. dfat.gov.au).
- It posted a notice on the website that applications for mining big tracts of land - including Mt Aspiring National Park, a large part of Mt Richmond Forest Park and parts of Te Wahi Pounamu world heritage area on the West Coast - would be closed for nine months while it did a mineral "stocktake".
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