Stockless

For MRO purchase transactions, the 'stockless', 'direct', and 'procurement card' categories represent 78% of total transactions, but only 16% of the dollars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This rustic white bean soup is stockless and gets its goodness and oomph from the beans 'own cooking liquid. ❋ Ellen Kanner (2010)

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to take stock of the stockless. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was wearing a coat, a red scarf around his head in the Palestinian style, and most significantly, carrying a stockless AK-47 across his shoulder as if he were Opie fromThe Andy Griffith Show carrying a fishing pole. ❋ Matthew Currier Burden (2006)

Bending low, Tom pulled up the rond-anchor [A rond-anchor is a stockless anchor with only one fluke for mooring to the rond or bank], coiled its rope as carefully as if it were his own, and laid anchor and coiled rope silently on the after-deck. ❋ Ransome, Arthur (1934)

It was U75's only chance, but it left her with only a small stockless kedge-anchor and chain, insufficient to withstand a heavy strain. ❋ Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson (1917)

With this Parthian shaft of humor he vanished towards the forecastle, whence the ubiquitous donkey-boiler, through one of its long arms, would shoot forth the stockless anchors at the touch of a lever. ❋ Louis Tracy (1895)

Blakely's personal arms being now but stockless tubes of seared and blistered steel. ❋ Charles King (1888)

Fans chain-smoke when their team is down, posters of political figures replace retired numbers hanging from the banisters, and riot-gear-clad members of Lebanon's armed forces patrol the stands with stockless AK-47 assault rifles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Prior to such a self-service model -- no stockless, direct and procurement card ordering -- staff levels were significantly higher in procurement and accounts payable due to the required transaction support. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We've set up 'stockless supplier' programs for streamlined ordering processes so that orders are transmitted directly to the suppliers for order entry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We've implemented extensive reporting across the Xerox business for analyzing the purchasing spend in all the commodity categories, whether it be a purchase order, stockless, direct, procurement card, or check request payment," he says. ❋ Unknown (2010)