surplus stock
Unsold merchandise remaining
Surplus stock is inventory that exceeds current demand or operational needs.
Retailers discount surplus stock to clear warehouse space; manufacturers may sell it to liquidators.
The term also applies to shares a company has repurchased and holds in its treasury: The board authorized converting surplus stock into employee bonuses.
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- excess inventoryUnsold surplus of products
- excessSurplus beyond need
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
warehouse · leftover · remainder · unsold · discount · rock bottom · markdown · bulk · backlog · glut · overflow · job lot · merchandise · wholesale · bargain · bargain bin · liquidation · fire sale
surplus stockshortage
Deficient supply of necessities
stockout · inventory shortage · out of stock · scarcity · undersupply
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