Open stock
Definition
Merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available separately from stock.
Retail items that can be purchased singly or in a particular pattern, without the retailer guaranteeing perpetual availability.
Individual components of a product set available for separate purchase, such as single paint colors from a multi-pack.
Examples
After her toddler turned her heirloom china into modern art, she dashed to the store for open stock replacements.
Open stock at the silverware shop: because life's too short for matching forks when you can curate your own chaos.
Grandpa's strategy for eternal dinnerware? Buy open stock – it's like immortality, one saucer at a time.
With open stock plates, my mismatched collection finally looks intentional, not like a divorce aftermath.