DESTOCK

Etymology

Verb

destock (third-person singular simple present destocks, present participle destocking, simple past and past participle destocked)

To reduce the amount of stock held (by a retail establishment)

Anagrams

• dockets, stocked

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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