stock

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Old English stoc

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stock (countable and uncountable; plural stocks)

  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. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
  4. Farm or ranch animals.
  5. Railroad rolling stock.
  6. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
  7. The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
  8. (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
  9. (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
  10. (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
  11. The type of paper used in printing.
    The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
  12. 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.
    • 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.
  13. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking
  14. In a card game, a stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
  15. (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
  16. lineage, family

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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
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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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.

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have on hand for sale

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stock (not comparable)

  1. Normally available for purchase.
    stock items
    stock sizes
  2. 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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From English stock.

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

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

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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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From English stock.

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stock m. (plural stocks)

  1. stock, goods in supply

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[edit] Italian

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From English stock.

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stock

  1. stock, goods in supply, inventory

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stock c.

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

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

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