Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stockout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stock-out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instance of an item being out of stock; the situation where an order cannot be fulfilled from current inventory.

Etymology

Deverbal from stock out, ultimately from the prepositional phrase out of stock.

Inflected Forms

stockouts (plural) stock out (alternative) stock-out (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

overstock

Questions

What does stockout mean?: An instance of an item being out of stock; the situation where an order cannot be fulfilled from current inventory.
Where does stockout come from?: Deverbal from stock out, ultimately from the prepositional phrase out of stock.

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