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stock: stock ► NOUN 1) a supply of goods or materials available for sale or use. 2) farm animals bred and kept for their meat or milk; livestock. 3) the capital of a company raised through the issue and subscription of shares. 4) (stocks) a portion of a company's stock held by an individual or group as an investment. 5) securities issued by the government in fixed units with a fixed rate of interest. 6) water in which bones, meat, fish, or vegetables have been slowly simmered. 7) the raw material from which a specified commodity can be manufactured. 8) a person's ancestry. 9) a breed, variety, or population of an animal or plant. 10) the trunk or woody stem of a tree or shrub. 11) a plant cultivated for its fragrant flowers, typically lilac, pink, or white. 12) (the stocks) (treated as sing. or pl. ) historical a wooden structure with holes for securing a person's feet and hands, in which criminals were locked as a method of public punishment. 13) the part of a firearm to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached. 14) a band of material worn round the neck.

► ADJECTIVE 1) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale. 2) constantly recurring, common, or conventional: stock characters.

► VERB 1) have or keep a stock of. 2) provide or fill with a stock of something. 3) (stock up) amass stocks of something.

● in (or out of) stock — Cf. ↑out of stock

● put stock in — Cf. ↑put stock in

● take stock — Cf. ↑take stock

ORIGIN Old English, «trunk, block of wood, post».

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Trunk (of a tree), stipe, stalk, stem, Store, supply, furnish, fill / Post, pillar, block, log, Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by, lay up, Standard, permanent, standing / Dolt, dullard, dunce, blockhead, fool, block, stick, dunderhead, numskull, loggerhead, clod / Handle (of an instrument), haft / Cravat, neckcloth / Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family, line, descent, house / Capital, fund, invested property, principal / Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve / Live-stock, domestic animals (on a farm)

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stock — [ stɔk ] n. m. • h. 1656, rare av. fin XIXe; mot angl. « souche » 1 ♦ Quantité de marchandises en réserve. Stocks d un magasin. Constituer, renouveler un stock. ⇒ approvisionnement, provision, réserve. Avoir un article en stock. Stock disponible … Encyclopédie Universelle
Stock — (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem, or main… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stock — n 1 a: the equipment, materials, or supplies of a business b: a store or supply accumulated; esp: the inventory of the goods of a merchant or manufacturer 2: the ownership element in a corporation usu. divided into shares and represented by… … Law dictionary
stock — [stäk] n. [ME stocke < OE stocc, akin to Ger stock, Du stok, a stick < IE base * (s)teu , to strike, chop > STUMP, STUB] 1. the trunk of a tree 2. Archaic a) a tree stump b) a wooden block or log … English World dictionary
Stock — es una voz inglesa[1] que se usa en español con el sentido de existencias. En el lenguaje comercial y financiero su empleo como anglicismo es frecuente, y por ello la RAE recomienda evitarlo y utilizar las voces en español correspondientes a cada … Wikipedia Español
Stock — steht für: einen länglichen zylindrischen Gegenstand, siehe Stock (Stab) Stock (Familienname), der Familienname Stock Stock (Spirituosen), ein Spirituosenhersteller in der Botanik ein Sprossachsensystem (auch Wurzelstock), siehe Rhizom (Botanik)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Stock — (st[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stocked} (st[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stocking}.] 1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stock — Stock, a. Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon. A stock charge… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stock — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1a. consistente quantità di merce giacente in un magazzino, pronta per essere venduta spec. in blocco; merce, articoli di stock, a prezzo di stock: venduti a prezzo particolarmente conveniente perché fondi di… … Dizionario italiano
stock — [adj] commonplace banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, overused, regular, routine, run of the mill*, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn… … New thesaurus

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