out of stock
The term "out of stock" is crucial in retail and inventory management, indicating that an item is currently unavailable for sale.
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Definition
B2Retail
(common)Currently unavailable for purchase because the inventory has been depleted.
Example
- The new smartphone model is out of stock in most stores.
- I'm sorry, the item you're looking for is out of stock.
C1Inventory Management
(technical)A status indicating that a product cannot be sold due to the exhaustion of its supply.
Example
- The frequent out-of-stock status of popular items can frustrate customers.
- Our goal is to reduce out-of-stock incidents through better inventory control.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "out of stock":
back orderout of orderout of dateout ofprice out of the marketon salenot outon the stocksout of workrun outout of the moneyout of reachout of town