stock

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/stɒk/ English

Definitions

noun

A store or supply.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
Stock theater, summer stock theater.

verb

To have on hand for sale.“The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.”
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.“to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools”
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
To put in the stocks as punishment.

adjective

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.“stock items”
(racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.“He gave me a stock answer”

noun

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Related words

Synonyms

rudder stock livestock card stock rootstock understock rolling stock feedstock stock-tie inventory buy in stockpile fund store stock certificate carry origin standard variety

Associated

ticker nyse nasdaq waterman exchange capitalization ipo dividend stocks securities nascar shares

Rhymes

gawk cock stalk ad hoc shock block squawk mock baulk knock

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