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The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.

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(Britainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain, transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To reducehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reduce the size or stockhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stock levels of a business, often with a view to closurehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/closure.

Sentence	The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.
Definition	( Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain , transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To reduce https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reduce the size or stock https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/closure .

Board Directors Decided Run Stocks Held Storage Prior