Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To furnish new stock for; stock again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stock again; specifically, in ichthyology, to furnish, by artificial means, with a species which is becoming exhausted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
stock again; toresupply withstocks
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stock again
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Examples
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Which means if you take something back and want your money back, they charge you 15% of the total price to "restock" the goods.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000
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Next up was Counterpunch, and while there was discussion about the Twincast member in the show, we're talking about the exclusive Punch/Counterpunch toy, and it's upcoming 'restock' by the Transformers Collectors 'Club.
Transformers News 2010
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UPS said it expects U.S. package volume to climb 1% to 2% in the fourth quarter, a forecast that doesn't include the potential for what it said could be a late surge in shipments if retailers make a last-minute push to restock depleted inventories because of better consumer demand.
UPS Delivers Profit Increase Bob Sechler 2011
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For example, they are calculating what would happen if a swine-flu pandemic wiped out most of their employees, contemplating questions regarding how the bank continues to operate and even who would restock cash machines.
For U.K. Banks, a Calamity Is Born David Enrich 2011
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Those factors potentially could fuel a "capacity squeeze" in air freight late in the quarter, Mr. Kuehn said, because U.S. retailers have been keeping inventories extremely low and might opt to restock just before the holidays.
UPS Delivers Profit Increase Bob Sechler 2011
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Mr. Marchionne convinced the U.S. government to give him control of Chrysler in 2009 in part by promising to restock the Auburn Hills, Mich., auto maker's line up with fuel-efficient Fiat cars, saving Chrysler billions of dollars in development costs.
Chrysler's Turnaround Gets Wheels Jeff Bennett 2011
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The disaster caused a bottleneck in products reaching the market, and that could help manufacturers in the months ahead as distributors and retailers restock inventories that had run down, Mr. Fujii said.
Japan Output, Jobless Rate up in April Andrew Monahan 2011
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Just make sure you remember to restock as needed at the end of each trip, lest you end up in Brisbane with a dried-up deodorant stick.
Planning The Perfect Travel Washbag | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The auto maker began restoring some sales incentives in May after it became clear that it would be able to restock dealer lots faster than anticipated.
Toyota Sees Full Production by Fall Mike Ramsey 2011
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Vintages with which he had grown tired were no longer poured out or flung into the fireplace, but were instead used to restock my supply.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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