deadstock

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet

   Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, 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.

   • No newsboy could possibly have got half way to Fairfax with any copies of the TIMES "unsold:" -- he wouldn't have had one left by the time he had crossed the Potomac, but would have fallen back on his dead stock of Tribunes and Heralds.
   • the small space is a goldmine of never-been-worn big-name deadstock, including threads by Miu Miu, Alberta Ferretti and Stella McCartney,[…]
2. 2

   Agricultural implements and stored produce, distinguished from livestock.

   • […]examining in turn, the husbandry of livestock, the consumption of domestic deadstock, and hunting in the earlier Neolithic,[…]
   • Poultry housing is the 'dead stock' of a poultry unit and as such represents a considerable portion of the capital outlay,[…]
3. 3

   To store in appropriate packaging for later.

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