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stocks

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/stɒks/ English

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noun

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

verb

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

noun

  1. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

noun

  1. A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
  2. The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

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