deadstock
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Noun
deadstock (countable and uncountable, plural deadstocks)
- Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the entrepreneur, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
- Agricultural implements and stored produce, distinguished from livestock.
- 2013, Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe:
- […] examining in turn, the husbandry of livestock, the consumption of domestic deadstock, and hunting in the earlier Neolithic, […]
Verb
deadstock (third-person singular simple present deadstocks, present participle deadstocking, simple past and past participle deadstocked)
- (transitive, fashion slang) To store in appropriate packaging for later.
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