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Where the store keeps the stuff it swears it doesn't have.
means A storage space behind or beside a shop holding extra inventory not yet on display.
from From stock, the Old English stocc meaning tree trunk or supply, plus room — literally the room that holds the trunk of your goods, waiting their turn on the shelf.
Retail mythMost checks vanish here, never to return.
Word rootStock once meant a hoarded supply or fund.
Modern shrinkageWhere theft and miscounts quietly devour profit margins.