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PRONUNCIATION OF STOCKTAKE

stocktake  [ˈstɒkˌteɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STOCKTAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stocktake is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stocktake in English.

WHAT DOES STOCKTAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stock-taking

Stock-taking or inventory checking is the physical verification of the quantities and condition of items held in an inventory or warehouse. This may be done to provide an audit of existing stock valuation. It is also the source of stock discrepancy information. Stock-taking may be performed as an intensive annual check or may be done continuously by means of a cycle count. The above is also referred to Periodic Count. Periodic counting is usually undertaken for regular, inexpensive items. The term 'Periodic' generally refers to annual stock count. However, periodic may also refer to half yearly, Quarterly, monthly, bi-monthly or daily. For expensive items a more shorter period of stock take is preferred. A stocktake sale is a sale with reduced prices in a shop designed to sell off stock from previous seasons. This makes the task of stock-taking easier. Another purpose of stock take is determination of Cutoff point. i.e. What was the stock position of the company/organisation at a specific point of time. The following forms may help in this regarded usage...

Definition of stocktake in the English dictionary

The definition of stocktake in the dictionary is to count and check the goods on hand in a shop or business. Other definition of stocktake is to reassess your current situation, progress, prospects, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STOCKTAKE

PRESENT

Present
I stocktake
you stocktake
he/she/it stocktakes
we stocktake
you stocktake
they stocktake
Present continuous
I am stocktaking
you are stocktaking
he/she/it is stocktaking
we are stocktaking
you are stocktaking
they are stocktaking
Present perfect
I have stocktaked
you have stocktaked
he/she/it has stocktaked
we have stocktaked
you have stocktaked
they have stocktaked
Present perfect continuous
I have been stocktaking
you have been stocktaking
he/she/it has been stocktaking
we have been stocktaking
you have been stocktaking
they have been stocktaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I stocktaked
you stocktaked
he/she/it stocktaked
we stocktaked
you stocktaked
they stocktaked
Past continuous
I was stocktaking
you were stocktaking
he/she/it was stocktaking
we were stocktaking
you were stocktaking
they were stocktaking
Past perfect
I had stocktaked
you had stocktaked
he/she/it had stocktaked
we had stocktaked
you had stocktaked
they had stocktaked
Past perfect continuous
I had been stocktaking
you had been stocktaking
he/she/it had been stocktaking
we had been stocktaking
you had been stocktaking
they had been stocktaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will stocktake
you will stocktake
he/she/it will stocktake
we will stocktake
you will stocktake
they will stocktake
Future continuous
I will be stocktaking
you will be stocktaking
he/she/it will be stocktaking
we will be stocktaking
you will be stocktaking
they will be stocktaking
Future perfect
I will have stocktaked
you will have stocktaked
he/she/it will have stocktaked
we will have stocktaked
you will have stocktaked
they will have stocktaked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stocktaking
you will have been stocktaking
he/she/it will have been stocktaking
we will have been stocktaking
you will have been stocktaking
they will have been stocktaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would stocktake
you would stocktake
he/she/it would stocktake
we would stocktake
you would stocktake
they would stocktake
Conditional continuous
I would be stocktaking
you would be stocktaking
he/she/it would be stocktaking
we would be stocktaking
you would be stocktaking
they would be stocktaking
Conditional perfect
I would have stocktake
you would have stocktake
he/she/it would have stocktake
we would have stocktake
you would have stocktake
they would have stocktake
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stocktaking
you would have been stocktaking
he/she/it would have been stocktaking
we would have been stocktaking
you would have been stocktaking
they would have been stocktaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you stocktake
we let´s stocktake
you stocktake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to stocktake
Past participle
stocktaked
Present Participle
stocktaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STOCKTAKE


beefsteak
ˈbiːfˌsteɪk
betake
bɪˈteɪk
caretake
ˈkɛəˌteɪk
cheesesteak
ˈtʃiːzˌsteɪk
entertake
ˌentəˈteɪk
intake
ˈɪnˌteɪk
mistake
mɪˈsteɪk
offtake
ˈɒfˌteɪk
outtake
ˈaʊtˌteɪk
overtake
ˌəʊvəˈteɪk
partake
pɑːˈteɪk
retake
riːˈteɪk
reuptake
ˌriːˈʌpˈteɪk
stake
steɪk
steak
steɪk
sweepstake
ˈswiːpˌsteɪk
take
teɪk
undertake
ˌʌndəˈteɪk
uptake
ˈʌpˌteɪk
wapentake
ˈwɒpənˌteɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STOCKTAKE

stocklist
stockman
stockmen
stockpile
stockpiler
stockpiling
Stockport
stockpot
stockroom
stockroute
stocks
stocktaken
stocktaking
Stockton
Stockton-on-Tees
stocktook
Stockwood
stockwork
stocky
stockyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE STOCKTAKE

acceptable daily intake
air-intake
at stake
category mistake
clbuttic mistake
double take
enokitake
give-and-take
give or take
grubstake
matsutake
piss-take
quick on the uptake
shiitake
shitake
slow on the uptake
spelling mistake

Synonyms and antonyms of stocktake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stocktake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STOCKTAKE

Find out the translation of stocktake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stocktake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stocktake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

盘点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Stocktake
570 millions of speakers

English

stocktake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stocktake
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Инвентаризация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

stocktake
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

stocktake
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire l´inventaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inventur machen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

棚卸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stocktake
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stocktake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kiểm kê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stocktake
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टॉकटाक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Stocktake
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Stocktake
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

remanent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інвентаризація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stocktake
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stocktake
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bestekopname
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stocktake
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stock
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stocktake

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STOCKTAKE»

The term «stocktake» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.970 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STOCKTAKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stocktake» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stocktake» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stocktake

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOCKTAKE»

Discover the use of stocktake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stocktake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Principles of Internal Control
The areas of responsibility for a stocktake include: • controlling the issue and receipt of the stock tags; • counting each item and tagging the item; • checking the counts; • identifying stock to be counted; • identifying stock that may be ...
Alan Trenerry, 1999
2
Trade Practices Act: A Twenty-five Year Stocktake
These trends and the way they are elaborated in the book are explained in the Introduction (see Extracts below). The full table of contents is set out below.
Frances Hanks, Philip L. Williams, 2001
3
First Steps in Retail Management
Figure 68 Staff counting for stocktake participating in the stocktake or counts is, the less is the likelihood of mistakes occurring. There are a number of issues that will be covered by procedures, e.g. the method of counting (top left to bottom right  ...
Mark Wrice, 2004
4
Cambridge VCE Accounting Units 1 and 2
Cambridge VCE Accounting introduces basic concepts then builds on these until students are able to apply their skills to complex exam scenarios.
Anthony Simmons, Richard Hardy, 2012
5
MYOB Software For Dummies
I've done oodles and oodles of stocktakes over the years. The one I remember best was years ago in a huge warehouse when the stocktake took about ten hours, with eight staff counting all day. Then the manager and I stayed up till 2 am , ...
Veechi Curtis, 2012
6
Learn Small Business Accounting in 7 Days
Another benefit of being a small business entity is that, if you canestimate that the difference between your last annual stocktake and the current stocktake is no more than $5000, under tax law you are excused from undertaking the stocktake.
Rod Caldwell, 2011
7
Retail Operations
stocktake. This exercise is usually carried out once or twice a year. The longer the interval, the less useful will be the information. To increase the accuracy of inventory control, certain areas of a store may be counted on a more regular basis ...
Angie Tang, 2012
8
Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference: Application of New ...
StockTake” – GENETIC AUDIT SOFTWARE FOR AUSTRALIAN SEEDSTOCK BEEF PRODUCERS D. J. Johnston and Moore K.L. Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit*, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351 SUMMARY New ...
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. Conference, 2005
9
Application of New Genetic Technologies to Animal Breeding: ...
StockTake” – GENETIC AUDIT SOFTWARE FOR AUSTRALIAN SEEDSTOCK BEEF PRODUCERS D. J. Johnston and Moore K.L. Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit*, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351 SUMMARY New ...
Association Genetics, 2005
10
Regulation and the Evolution of the Global ...
8.3.6 Ministry-Led 'Stocktake' in Interest of Increasing Competition The pursuit of competition in the telecommunications sector became an increasingly important political issue as the incoming government began implementing its political ...
Anastassios Gentzoglanis, Anders Henten, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STOCKTAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stocktake is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Melbourne Aquarium plans a fishy stocktake
Aquarium staff will undertake their bi-annual stocktake of the 2000-or-so creatures inside its 2.2 million-litre Oceanarium tank. Its residents include Mitch the grey ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
2
Gender Stocktake reveals some ministers have work to do
A gender stocktake of appointments to state sector boards reveals some Government ministers are doing very well while others need to try a lot harder says EEO ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Stocktake: High cash levels belie market calm
Investors are holding more cash than at any time since the Lehman panic in December 2008, according to Merrill Lynch's latest monthly fund manager survey, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Reserve Bank consults on Regulatory Stocktake
The proposed changes arise out of a Regulatory Stocktake the Bank announced a year ago, in which it is reviewing the prudential requirements applying to ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Stocktake: Further pain in store for Chinese stocks
China – buy when there's blood on the streets, or avoid trying to catch a falling knife? The second adage seems more appropriate. JP Morgan last week noted ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Mid-week Fantasy stocktake
REMEMBER Kamdyn McIntosh? He was the talk of the football world in round one after a smoking debut against Carlton at the ripe 'old' age of 21 that earned ... «AFL.com.au, Jun 15»
7
Stocktake: Equities are not immune to bond volatility
Bond investors will have to get used to volatility, ECB chief Mario Draghi warned last week. No one seems to have told equity investors, with stocks largely ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
8
Stocktake: art sales, US markets, buying in Europe, name changes …
Picasso purchase and the greater fool theory Is art a good investment? Some people think so, with Christie's last week becoming the first auction house to sell ... «Irish Times, May 15»
9
Superdiversity law, policy and business stocktake announced
The Stocktake will be published this year online and in hard copy, with assistance from the Human Rights Commission, the Department of Internal Affairs (Office ... «Scoop.co.nz, May 15»
10
Kevin the porcupine discovered in Hagenback zookeepers stocktake
Eagle-eyed zoo keepers only spotted baby porcupine Kevin during an annual stock take but he'll be he's a welcome surprise for the German zoo who is already ... «Daily Mail, May 15»

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