stock
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: stŏk, IPA: /stɒk/, X-SAMPA: /stQk/
- (US) enPR: stäk, IPA: /stɑk/, X-SAMPA: /stAk/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
Etymology[edit]
Old English stocc, with modern senses mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. How the senses of "supply" and "raw material" developed from these is unclear, however.
Noun[edit]
stock (countable and uncountable; plural stocks)
- A store or supply
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- We have a stock of televisions on hand.
- A supply of anything ready for use.
- Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- In a card game, a stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- The price or value of the stock for a company on the stock market
- When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
- (figuratively) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- The price or value of the stock for a company on the stock market
- The raw material from which things are made; feedstock
- The type of paper used in printing.
- The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
- Undeveloped film; film stock
- The type of paper used in printing.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater
- The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- lineage, family, ancestry
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached
- The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
- A bar, stick or rod
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 116:
- He wore a brown tweed suit and a white stock. His clothes hung loosely about him as though they had been made for a much larger man. He looked like a respectable farmer of the middle of the nineteenth century.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 417:
- His grey waistcoat sported pearl buttons, and he wore a stock which set off to admiration a lean and aquiline face which was almost as grey as the rest of him.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 116:
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking
Synonyms[edit]
- (farm or ranch animals): livestock
- (railroad equipment): rolling stock
- (raw material): feedstock
- (paper for printing): card stock
- (plant used in grafting): rootstock, understock
- (axle attached to rudder): rudder stock
- (wide necktie): stock-tie
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from stock (noun)
Translations[edit]
store of goods for sale
supply of anything ready for use
genus of flowers
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farm animals
rolling stock — see rolling stock
finance: capital raised by a company
part of gun
rudder stock
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broth
type of paper
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necktie
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Verb[edit]
stock (third-person singular simple present stocks, present participle stocking, simple past and past participle stocked)
Translations[edit]
have on hand for sale
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Adjective[edit]
stock (not comparable)
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- stock items
- stock sizes
- (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, very basic.
- That band is quite stock
- He gave me a stock answer
Translations[edit]
normally available for purchase
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English stock.
Noun[edit]
stock ? (plural stocks, ??? please provide the diminutive!) m
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English stock.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
stock m (plural stocks)
- stock, goods in supply
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English stock.
Noun[edit]
stock
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
stock c
Declension[edit]
Declension of stock
Related terms[edit]
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