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Stock-in-trade

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  1. 1
    Merchandise and other necessary supplies kept on hand in order to conduct business. uncountable, usually

    "The stock-in-trade of this old gentleman comprised chronometers, barometers, telescopes, compasses, charts, maps, sextants, quadrants, and specimens of every kind of instrument used in the working of a ship's course, or the keeping of a ship's reckoning, or the prosecuting of a ship's discoveries."

  2. 2
    any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation wordnet
  3. 3
    A technique, skill or ability habitually used by a person, group of persons, or an organization, often in the course of their business. uncountable, usually

    "Ideas are the chief stock-in-trade of newspaper writers and generally they are the scarcest stock in market, but they do come occasionally"

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