relating to a type of business purchase in which goods remain in the care of the seller until the buyer requires them
stockless in American English
(ˈstɑklɪs)
adjective
having no stock, as an anchor
Word origin
[1885–90; stock + -less]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: roller coaster, scrum, toner, upsweep, zoom-less an adjective suffix meaning “without” (childless; peerless), and in adjectives derived from verbs, indicating failure or inability to performor be performed (resistless; tireless)
Examples of 'stockless' in a sentence
stockless
He holds up a ripped piece of cardboard, the escutcheon of his stockless trade.