SKU

American  

[skyoo] / skyu /

1. Business. stockkeeping unit: a retailer-defined coding system used to distinguish individual items within a retailer's accounting, warehousing, and point-of-sale systems.

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Example Sentences

In response, the warning letter states, Target said it placed an electronic block on the SKU for the recalled products on the day of the first recall notice and again with the second recall notice.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

But the unit I had for review was the top SKU, and it was just too expensive.

From The Verge • Jun. 16, 2022

But this $2,499 SKU is the one Asus sent me, so it’s the one I’m going to review.

From The Verge • Feb. 17, 2022

The recalled pumpkins have the following SKU numbers: 3202753 for the small pumpkin and 3202766 for the medium pumpkin.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2017

By July, they had matched the cabinet and pillow names to real children, dreamed up bogus meanings for SKU numbers and invented rumors about Wayfair executives.

From Washington Post