stock

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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)

  1. A store or supply
    1. (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
      We have a stock of televisions on hand.
    2. A supply of anything ready for use.
      Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
    3. Railroad rolling stock.
    4. In a card game, a stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
    5. Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
    6. The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
  2. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
    1. 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.
    2. (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.
    3. Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
  3. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock
    1. The type of paper used in printing.
      The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
    2. Undeveloped film; film stock
  4. Stock theater, summer stock theater
  5. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
    1. (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
    2. lineage, family, ancestry
      1. (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
  6. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
  7. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached
    1. The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
    2. The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
  8. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
    1. The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
    2. The tailstock of a lathe
  9. A bar, stick or rod
    1. A ski pole
    2. (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
    3. (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
    4. (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
  10. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
  11. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
  12. (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
  13. 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.
  14. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
  15. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking

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Terms derived from stock (noun)

Translations[edit]

store of goods for sale
supply of anything ready for use
genus of flowers
farm animals
rolling stock — see rolling stock
finance: capital raised by a company
part of gun
bar through an anchor
rudder stock
broth
type of paper
necktie
stack of game cards
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Verb[edit]

stock (third-person singular simple present stocks, present participle stocking, simple past and past participle stocked)

  1. To have on hand for sale.
    The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

Translations[edit]

have on hand for sale

Adjective[edit]

stock (not comparable)

  1. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
    stock items
    stock sizes
  2. (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.
  3. 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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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English stock.

Noun[edit]

stock ? (plural stocks, ??? please provide the diminutive!) m

  1. stock, goods in supply
  2. basic capital
  3. shares (equity)

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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]

Noun[edit]

stock m (plural stocks)

  1. stock, goods in supply

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English stock.

Noun[edit]

stock

  1. stock, goods in supply, inventory

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

stock c

  1. a log (trunk of a dead tree)
  2. a stock (of a gun)

Declension[edit]

Declension of stock
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stock stocken stockar stockarna
genitive stocks stockens stockars stockarnas

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