stockist

American  

[stok-ist] / ˈstɒk ɪst /

noun

British.

1. a wholesale or retail establishment that stocks merchandise.

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stockist British  

/ ˈstɒkɪst /

noun

1. commerce a dealer who undertakes to maintain stocks of a specified product at or above a certain minimum in return for favourable buying terms granted by the manufacturer of the product

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Etymology

Origin of stockist

First recorded in 1905–10; stock + -ist

Example Sentences

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stockist

Another group of store owners, who Jellycat says are among the 1,200 still being supplied, were told they would not be what Jellycat called an "official stockist" but their accounts were "unaffected".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

The time is November 1976, and the space is the Nuneaton branch of Radio Rentals, the old TV stockist that was once a familiar high street fixture.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2023

As well as Selfridges and Matches Fashion, Veja has just secured its latest stockist, Net-a-Porter.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2017

They suggest that organic cotton on wooden reels and pins and needles in cardboard boxes can be sourced from a stockist called Offset Warehouse.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2017

All these years later, I feel that it’s such an incredible thing to have Colette as a stockist of Sies Marjan.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2017