stock

noun STOK Rare

Also means

inventory

Usage Note

Stock is an English loanword used invariably in Italian — its plural is also stock (no inflection). In retail and finance contexts it refers to goods on hand or share stock. It is fully invariable: lo stock, gli stock.

Examples

"Abbiamo finito lo stock di quel prodotto."

Natural Translation

We have run out of stock of that product.

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