stock
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stock (countable and uncountable; plural stocks)
- (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.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Farm or ranch animals.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
- A wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- In a card game, a stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
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- (farm or ranch animals): livestock
- (railroad equipment): rolling stock
- (axle attached to rudder): rudder stock
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Terms derived from stock (noun)
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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
shares of a company
part of gun
rudder stock
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broth
type of paper
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necktie
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to stock (third-person singular simple present stocks, present participle stocking, simple past and past participle stocked)
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have on hand for sale
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stock (not comparable)
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- Normally available for purchase.
- stock items
- stock sizes
- Straightforward, plain, very basic
- That band is quite stock
- He gave me a stock answer
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normally available for purchase
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[edit] Dutch
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stock (plural stocks, diminutive stockje, diminutive plural stockjes) m.
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- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
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stock (plural stockm)
- stock, goods in supply
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stock (plural stocks, diminutive stockje, diminutive plural stockjes) m.
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stock c. (plural: stockar, definite singular stocken, definite plural stockarna)
- log (trunk of a dead tree)
- stock (of a gun)