adjective phrase · neutral
out of stock
UK/aʊt əv stɒk/US/aʊt əv stɑk/OUT of STOCK
Band 4-5speakingtask2
not available for sale because there are no more items left in the shop or warehouse
Examples
“I wanted that phone but it was out of stock everywhere.”
“The product is currently out of stock; please check back next week.”
“During the sale the popular trainers were quickly out of stock.”
Band 8 sentence
“The item was out of stock across the country, so customers were placed on a waiting list for restocking.”
Collocations
- temporarily out of stock
- out of stock online
Word family
stock nounrestock verbin stock adjective phrase
Common mistakes
no stock→out of stock / not in stock
Say it for a higher band
5no stock→6not in stock→7+out of stock
Synonyms
not in stock
Easily confused
in stock
“This model is currently in stock at the local store.”
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