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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A commercial retailer or wholesaler that stocks merchandise.

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  • noun A retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale.

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  • noun one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods

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Examples

  • One character worked on a women's magazine as a "stockist": presumably it was too much trouble for the writers to do any research.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • But HUL works on a model where the focus is on keeping the total business of the stockist profitable.

    Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010

  • Music and literature relevant to the Royal Opera House's shows are always available, and the shop is a leading stockist of ballet and opera DVDs.

    Independent bookshops in London 2011

  • The shop is the sole stockist of Mark Merrony's Official History of Tenby.

    Independent bookshops in Wales 2011

  • For instance, there could be a stockist who has to make a small diversion to service a village; or employ people for an extra day to service a village.

    Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010

  • But HUL works on a model where the focus is on keeping the total business of the stockist profitable.

    Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010

  • On Saturday we visited a plant stockist to collect some new residents for our container garden, and today we visited a rare plant fair, where I picked up some new herbs for my herb planter, as well as some seeds for the medicinal & edible herb plot on the allotment.

    Gardening « Write Anything 2010

  • But HUL works on a model where the focus is on keeping the total business of the stockist profitable.

    Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010

  • For instance, there could be a stockist who has to make a small diversion to service a village; or employ people for an extra day to service a village.

    Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010

  • For instance, there could be a stockist who has to make a small diversion to service a village; or employ people for an extra day to service a village.

    Hindustan Lever Rethinks Rural Samar Srivastava 2010

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