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Meaning
Noun
●
A
store
or supply.
A
store
of
goods
ready
for sale
; inventory.
A supply of anything
ready
for use.
Railroad
rolling
stock.
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.
●
In Card games:
A
store
or supply.
A
stack
of
undealt
cards
made available to the players.
●
In Finance & Operations:
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
of a company on the
stock
market.
The
measure
of how
highly
a person or
institution
is valued.
Any of several types of security that are
similar
to a
stock
, or
marketed
like one.
●
In American English, Finance, Crucifers & Operations:
The
capital
raised
by a company through the
issue
of
shares
. The total of
shares
held
by an individual shareholder.
A
share
in a company.
●
In Cooking & Liquids:
The
raw material
from which things are made; feedstock.
Broth made from
meat
(originally
bones
) or
vegetables
, used as a
basis
for
stew
or soup.
●
The
raw material
from which things are made; feedstock.
The type of
paper
used in printing.
Ellipsis of
film
stock.
Plain
soap
before it is
coloured
and perfumed.
●
Stock
theater
,
summer
stock theater
.
●
In Horticulture:
The
trunk
and
woody
main
stems
of a
tree
. The
base
from which something
grows
or branches.
The
plant
upon which the
scion
is grafted.
●
The
trunk
and
woody
main
stems
of a
tree
. The
base
from which something
grows
or branches.
Lineage, family, ancestry.
●
In Linguistics:
The
trunk
and
woody
main
stems
of a
tree
. The
base
from which something
grows
or branches.
Lineage, family, ancestry.
A
larger
grouping
of
language families
: a
superfamily
or macrofamily.
●
In Crucifers:
Any of the several
species
of
cruciferous
flowers
in the
genus
Matthiola.
●
In Firearms & Firearms:
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.
●
A
handle
or
stem
to which the
working part
of an
implement
or
weapon
is attached.
The
handle
of a
whip
,
fishing rod
, etc.
●
Part of a
machine
that
supports
items
or
holds
them in place.
The
headstock
of a
lathe
,
drill
, etc.
The
tailstock
of a lathe.
●
A
bar
,
stick
or rod.
A
ski
pole.
●
In Nautical & Crucifers:
A
bar
,
stick
or rod.
A
bar
going through
an
anchor
,
perpendicular
to the flukes.
●
In Nautical:
A
bar
,
stick
or rod.
The
axle
attached
to the
rudder
, which
transfers
the
movement
of the
helm
to the
rudder
.
●
In Geology:
A
bar
,
stick
or rod.
A
pipe
(vertical
cylinder
of ore)
●
A type of (now
formal
or
official
) neckwear.
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.
A
piece
of
black
cloth
worn
under a
clerical
collar.
●
A
bed
for
infants
; a
crib
,
cot
, or cradle
●
In Folklore:
A
piece
of
wood
magically
made to be just like a
real
baby
and
substituted
for it
by
magical
beings.
●
A
cover
for the
legs
; a stocking.
●
A
block
of
wood
; something
fixed
and
solid
; a
pillar
; a
firm
support; a post.
●
A person who is as
dull
and
lifeless
as a
stock
or
post
; one who has little sense.
●
In British English:
The
longest
part of a
split
tally stick
formerly
struck
in the
exchequer
, which was
delivered
to the person who had
lent
the
king
money
on account
, as the
evidence
of indebtedness.
●
The
frame
or
timbers
on which a
ship
rests
during construction.
●
In British English:
Red and
grey
bricks
, used for the
exterior
of
walls
and the front of buildings.
●
In Biology:
In
tectology
, an
aggregate
or
colony
of individuals, such as
trees
,
chains
of
salpae
, etc.
●
The
beater
of a
fulling
mill.
●
A
thrust
with a
rapier
; a stoccado.
Verb
●
To have
on hand
for sale.
●
To provide with
material
requisites
; to
store
; to
fill
; to supply.
●
To
allow
(cows) to
retain
milk
for
twenty-four
hours
or more
prior to
sale.
●
To
put in
the
stocks
as punishment.
●
In Nautical:
To
fit
(an
anchor
) with a
stock
, or to
fasten
the
stock
firmly
in place.
●
In Card games:
To
arrange
cards
in a certain
manner
for
cheating
purposes
; to
stack
the deck.
Adj
●
Of a type
normally
available for purchase/in stock.
●
In Motor racing:
Having the same
configuration
as
cars
sold
to the non-racing public, or having been
modified
from such a car.
●
Straightforward,
ordinary
, just another, very basic.
Name
●
A
village
and
civil parish
in Chelmsford
district
, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS
grid
ref
TQ6998).
●
A surname.
●
Diminutive of Stockton (“personal name”)
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
stock
English
stocc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Livestock
Reputation
Rootstock
Understock
Feedstock
Gunstock
Crossbar
Goods
Carry
Completely
Timeworn
Liquor
Blood
Canned
Rolling Stock
Card Stock
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