Oxford Dictionary English stock-in-trade nounnoun BrE BrE//ˌstɒk ɪn ˈtreɪd// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌstɑːk ɪn ˈtreɪd// [uncountable] Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsa person’s stock-in-trade is something that they do, say or use very often or too often Famous people and their private lives are the stock-in-trade of the popular newspapers.See stock-in-trade in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: stock-in-trade oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com