Library / English Dictionary

STOCK UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

Example:

let's stock coffee as long as prices are low

Synonyms:

buy in; stock; stock up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "stock up" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stock up"):

overstock (stock excessively)

understock (stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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