ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : the equipment necessary to or used in the conduct of a trade or business: as
a. : the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper
b. : the fittings and appliances of a workman
c. : the aggregate of things necessary to carry on a business
2. : something held to resemble the standard equipment of a tradesman or business
the light and frivolous charm which was her stage stock-in-trade — S.H.Adams
its civic beauty, its stock-in-trade, is being ruined by parked cars — Janet Flanner
this motive had been a stock-in-trade of medieval art — Verena Trudel