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 owners and managers were not addressed by name, with the emails instead addressed to a "Jellycat stockist".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

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

We have made it company policy to refund the difference if an item can be purchased for a cheaper price from another stockist, even if a customer was not aware a discount was on offer.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2013

But Hickoree’s is also a stockist for the sorts of old-time American brands that now exist primarily in the form of licenses to feed Japanese demand for vintage Americana.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2011