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Webster 1913 Edition


Understock

Unˊder-stock′

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Verb.
T.
To supply insufficiently with stock.
A. Smith.

Definition 2024


understock

understock

English

Verb

understock (third-person singular simple present understocks, present participle understocking, simple past and past participle understocked)

  1. (transitive) To stock with an insufficient amount.
    If you understock the shop, you'll run out of goods while there are still customers wanting to buy them.

Noun

understock (plural understocks)

  1. (horticulture) The rootstock onto which the scion is grafted.