Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
stock-taker is a noun meaning "an employee whose job is to take inventory". It carries one recorded sense.
an employee whose job is to take inventory
“an outside stocktaker had to be hired”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stock-taker come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.