| 释义 |
stock out Business.
[f. stock n.1 + out adv.]
An occurrence of being out of stock of an item wanted by customers.
1957Clark & Gottfried Dict. Business & Finance 339/1 Stock-out. 1967E. Duckworth in Wills & Yearsley Handbk. Management Technol. 107 Because delivery from the wholesaler was so short the consequences of any ‘stock out’ would not be serious. 1969J. Argenti Managem. Techniques v. 26 Symptoms: frequent stock-outs or frequent disposals of surpluses. 1979Washington Post 22 June a 12/3 Its allocation rules ‘do not prevent long lines, stockouts, and early closings at retail outlets’. |