Stock is collective noun for the stuff a store or a company has to sell, be it toilet paper, automobiles or clothing. Many stores close once a year for a few days to do an inventory of their stock.
The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
Noun
not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
Noun
an ornamental white cravat
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the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
Noun
the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
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the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
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lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
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liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
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a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
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the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
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any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
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any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
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a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Noun
persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
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the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company''s stock"
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a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
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a certificate documenting the shareholder''s ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
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the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
Verb
put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
Verb
have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
Verb
provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
Verb
stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let''s stock coffee as long as prices are low"
Verb
supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
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supply with fish; "stock a lake"
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equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
Adjective S.
regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
Adjective S.
routine; "a stock answer"
n.
The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,
strong, firm part; the trunk.
n.
The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
n.
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm
support; a post.
n.
Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or
post; one who has little sense.
n.
The principal supporting part; the part in which others are
inserted, or to which they are attached.
n.
The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or
like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood,
which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.
n.
The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring;
a bitstock; a brace.
n.
The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body
of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
n.
The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an
anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
n.
The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of
the anvil itself.
n.
A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting
screws; a diestock.
n.
The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which
was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as
the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.
n.
The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family;
the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.
n.
Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in
business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other
company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount;
money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in
the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or
in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the
United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and
the former shares.
n.
Same as Stock account, below.
n.
Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a
merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of
provisions.
n.
Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a
farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live
stock.
n.
That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the
players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which
might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
n.
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
n.
A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks
(breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
n.
A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a
silk stock.
n.
A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet
and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
n.
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
n.
Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the
front of buildings.
n.
Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common
stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M.
annua).
n.
An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a
rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.
n.
A race or variety in a species.
n.
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see
Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
n.
The beater of a fulling mill.
n.
A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of
meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in
making soup, gravy, etc.
v. t.
To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as
merchandise, and the like.
v. t.
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill;
to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to
stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock
land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of
grass.
v. t.
To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more
previous to sale, as cows.
v. t.
To put in the stocks.
a.
Used or employed for constant service or application, as if
constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent;
standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon.
Stock
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.2.
The scion overruleth the stock quite.3.
All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick.4.
Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.5.
And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All told their stock.
Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From Dardanus.7.
Add to that stock which justly we bestow.10.
I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.12.
With a linen stock on one leg.14.
He shall rest in my stocks.16.
At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.
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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing;
Usage Examples
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'
If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.
I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.
Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them.
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.
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Other Usage ExamplesDon't gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.
Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts.
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.
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