stock

1. 1

   A store or supply.countableuncountable

2. 2

   A store or supply.; A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.countableuncountable

   • We have a stock of televisions on hand.
   • I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.
3. 3

   A store or supply.; A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.countableuncountable

   • Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
4. 4

   A store or supply.; Railroad rolling stock.countableuncountable

   • The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.
5. 5

   A store or supply.; A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.countableuncountable

6. 6

   A store or supply.; Farm or ranch animals; livestock.countableuncountable

   • Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.
7. 7

   A store or supply.; The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.countableuncountable

   • The stocks of this fishery are recovering from overfishing, but the gains can easily reverse if our husbandry efforts lapse.
8. 8

   The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.countableuncountable

   • His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after.
9. 9

   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.countableuncountable

   • When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
10. 10

    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.UScountableespecially

syn. feedstock · rootstock · understock

1. 1

   To have on hand for sale.

   • The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
2. 2

   To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.

   • to stock a warehouse with goods
   • to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
3. 3

   To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

4. 4

   To put in the stocks as punishment.

   • Poor Tom, that[…]eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat, and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is whipp'd from tything to tything, and stock'd, punish'd, and imprison'd
5. 5

   To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

6. 6

   To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.dated

1. 1

   Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.not-comparable

   • stock items
   • stock sizes
2. 2

   Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.not-comparable

3. 3

   Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.not-comparable

   • He gave me a stock answer.

1. 1

   A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.