Definition of "stock-take" []

• Make or include in an itemized record or report (verb)
• An instance of stocktaking (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "A local Sainsbury's manager taught year 7 maths classes how to stock-take."
• "A sober stock-take of property values, an analysis of the ethics of the banking system and a debate about the redistribution of wealth, perhaps?"
• "In May, the Office of Fair Trading announced a massive stock-take of the UK's public infrastructure? ports, airports, trains, utilities and car parks? in order to examine how they have affected competition and consumers."