COMMERCEanamountof aproductthat acompanyhasboughtor made but isunabletosell. Storingdeadstockcostsmoneyand soreducestheamountofprofitacompanycan make:Under therulesyou candiscounttheproductsafter ayear, but ayearis alongtimetokeepdeadstock.(Definition ofdead stockfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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dead stockAs well as holidaymakers, the boats carried workers, live anddeadstock, and other merchandise to and from the town.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The (de)fusion of economic and literary value also required such anonymity; such respect for the "deadstock" transforms these novels from literary objects to simply concrete, dead things.From theCambridge English CorpusNow it isdeadstock.From theCambridge English CorpusThey are not so silly as to keep a lot ofdeadstock.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0From 1929 to 1937 the figures show that by far the chief trade at this market has been poultry anddeadstock.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0By standardizing on a big scale the question ofdeadstock, which is one of the reasons for higher distribution costs, does not arise.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The following were the prices of grain, live anddeadstock, grocery, spirits, etc.FromProject GutenbergThere are other insects which do not confine themselves to one or two articles, but make a general and indiscriminate attack upon ourdeadstock.FromProject GutenbergWe first began upon thedeadstock, serving out two ounces to each, and half a pint of beer for the day.FromProject GutenbergIt is wrong for farmers to have to pay ￡50 a beast or ￡5 a sheep for the removal ofdeadstock.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/dead-stock##
