Translations for „stock-in-trade“ in the English » German Dictionary

stock-in-ˈtrade N no pl

1. stock-in-trade (tools of trade):

stock-in-trade

Handwerkszeug nt

stock-in-trade fig

Rüstzeug nt

a butcher's/cobbler's/plumber's stock-in-trade

das Handwerkszeug eines Metzgers/Schusters/Installateurs

2. stock-in-trade (goods):

stock-in-trade

Warenbestand m

stock-in-trade

Bestände pl

stock-in-trade

Sortiment nt

sorry, that's not my stock-in-trade

es tut mir leid, aber diesen Artikel führe ich nicht

3. stock-in-trade fig (typical characteristic):

stock-in-trade

Eigenart f

stock-in-trade N ACCOUNT

Specialized Vocabulary

stock-in-trade

Vorräte m pl

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

sorry, that's not my stock-in-trade

es tut mir leid, aber diesen Artikel führe ich nicht

a butcher's/cobbler's/plumber's stock-in-trade

das Handwerkszeug eines Metzgers/Schusters/Installateurs

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The company's traditional stock-in-trade, hand-drawn cartoons, have in recent years felt quaintly outmoded.

www.independent.co.uk

The move had a severe impact on small retailers who rely heavily on cash payments for their stock-in-trade needs.

www.moneycontrol.com

It is an essential part of their stock-in-trade to pretend to be what they are not.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Neurosis and dysfunction are the stock-in-trade of the people who make us laugh our own troubles away.

www.theglobeandmail.com

His stock-in-trade was musical adventure stories.

en.wikipedia.org

We know that insults have become the stock-in-trade of our politicians and their followers.

www.ghanaweb.com

We want to see the vibrancy, enthusiasm and physicality that is our stock-in-trade.

www.telegraph.co.uk

But just in case simple appeals to secularism don't work, these intellectuals resorted to dire scare-mongering that now appears to have become their stock-in-trade.

www.firstpost.com

Granted, hysteria is the media's stock-in-trade but politicians aren't far behind.

www.independent.ie

This coincidence has as often been evaluated as no more than a tradition of gossip, poison being a stock-in-trade accusation in the 16th century.

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