stocktaking

noun

stock·tak·ing | \ ˈstäk-ˌtā-kiŋ

Definition of stocktaking

1 : the action of estimating a situation at a given moment

2 : inventory sense 4

It is time for a stocktaking.

Recent Examples on the Web

Five years after that first visit, Mr Xi faces a form of stocktaking. — The Economist, "Life and soul of the PartyXi Jinping has been good for China’s Communist Party; less so for China," 14 Oct. 2017 The Atlantic columns are enriched with personal memoir, and a stocktaking, as Coates takes the reader through his own life and reflects on how the columns relate to the present. — Claire Howorth, Time, "Review: We Were Eight Years In Power By Ta-Nehisi Coates," 12 Oct. 2017

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More Definitions for stocktaking

stocktaking

noun

chiefly British : the activity or process of thinking about a problem or situation in order to decide what to do

British : the act or process of making a complete list of the items or things that are in a place