A person employed in stock-taking.
1794. in J. Lloyd, Old S. Wales Iron Works (1906), 168. If any Slabs, Planks, etc., are delivered … an account of them must be taken by the Company’s Agent or Stocktaker.
1892. Labour Commission, Gloss., Stock-takers, the men who keep account of the working of iron or of the iron … used in the process of working malleable iron.
1909. Westm. Gaz., 14 May, 6/4. Abolishing the office of stocktaker, and entrusting the accountant … with the duty of verifying the stock.
