stocks
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/stɒks/
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.
noun
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
noun
- A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
- The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
Related words
Synonyms
rudder stocklivestockcard stockrootstockunderstockrolling stockfeedstockstock-tiepillorybondsstoringconsumablestoragechipsstockpilereservesupplyinventory