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    stock
    [stäk]
    noun
    stock (noun) · stocks (plural noun) · film stock (noun) · film stocks (plural noun) · Brompton stock (noun) · night-scented stock (noun) · the stocks (plural noun)
    1. the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution:
      "the store has a very low turnover of stock" · "buy now, while stocks last!" · "stock shortages"
      • a supply or quantity of something accumulated or available for future use:
        "I need to replenish my stock of wine" · "fish stocks are being dangerously depleted"
      • farm animals such as cattle, pigs, and sheep, bred and kept for their meat or milk; livestock:
        "all the stock were housed and fed in sheds" · "the sale of dairy stock"
      • short for rolling stock
      • photographic film that has not been exposed or processed.
      • (in some card games) the cards that have not yet been dealt, left on the table to be drawn.
    2. the capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares:
      "between 1982 and 1986 the value of the company's stock rose by 86%"
      • shares of stock of a particular company as held by an individual or group as an investment:
        "she owned $3000 worth of stock"
      • the shares of a particular company, type of company, or industry:
        "blue-chip stocks"
      • securities issued by the government in fixed units with a fixed rate of interest:
        "government gilt-edged stock"
      • a person's reputation or popularity:
        "I felt I was right, but my stock was low with this establishment"
    3. liquid made by cooking bones, meat, fish, or vegetables slowly in water, used as a basis for the preparation of soup, gravy, or sauces:
      "a pint of chicken stock"
      • the raw material from which a specified commodity can be manufactured:
        "the fat can be used as soap stock"
    4. a person's ancestry or line of descent:
      "her mother was of French stock" · "both of them came from peasant stock"
      • a breed, variety, or population of an animal or plant:
        "the vineyards were plowed up and replanted using different vine stock" · "geographically separate stocks of some species are recognized"
    5. the trunk or woody stem of a living tree or shrub, especially one into which a graft (scion) is inserted.
      • the perennial part of a herbaceous plant, especially a rhizome.
    6. a herbaceous European plant that is widely cultivated for its fragrant flowers, which are typically lilac, pink, or white.
    7. historical
      (the stocks)
      an instrument of punishment consisting of an adjustable wooden structure with holes for securing a person's feet and hands, in which criminals were locked and exposed to public ridicule or assault.
    8. the part of a rifle or other firearm to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached, held against one's shoulder when firing the gun.
      • the crosspiece of an anchor.
      • the handle of something such as a whip or fishing rod.
      • short for headstock
      • short for tailstock
    9. a band of white material tied like a cravat and worn as a part of formal horse-riding dress.
      • a piece of black material worn under a clerical collar.
    10. (stocks)
      a frame used to support a ship or boat out of water, especially when under construction.
    adjective
    stock (adjective)
    1. (of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale:
      "25 percent off stock items"
    2. (of a phrase or expression) so regularly used as to be automatic or hackneyed:
      "“Two weeks” was the stock reply"
      • denoting a conventional character type or situation that recurs in a particular genre of literature, theater, or film:
        "the stock characters in every cowboy movie"
      • denoting or relating to cinematic footage that can be regularly used in different productions, typically that of outdoor scenes used to add realism to a production shot in an indoor set.
    verb
    stock (verb) · stocks (third person present) · stocked (past tense) · stocked (past participle) · stocking (present participle)
    1. have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale:
      "most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce"
      • provide or fill with goods, items, or a supply of something:
        "I must stock up the fridge"
      • (stock up)
        amass supplies of something, typically for a particular occasion or purpose:
        "I'm stocking up for Christmas" · "you'd better stock up with fuel"
    2. fit (a rifle or other firearm) with a stock:
      "it was a fine gun which he forged, stocked, and completed himself"
    Origin
    Old English stoc(c) ‘trunk, block of wood, post’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stok and German Stock ‘stick’. The notion ‘store, fund’ (stock and stock) arose in late Middle English and is of obscure origin, perhaps expressing ‘growth from a central stem’ or ‘firm foundation’.
    pref·er·ence share
    [ˈpref(ə)rəns ˌSHer]
    noun
    stock (noun)
    1. a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of common-stock dividends. Also called preferred stock
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    noun
    1. the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution:
      items/articles for sale
      vendibles
    2. the capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares:
    3. liquid made by cooking bones, meat, fish, or vegetables slowly in water, used as a basis for the preparation of soup, gravy, or sauces:
      • a person's ancestry or line of descent:
      • the trunk or woody stem of a living tree or shrub, especially one into which a graft (scion) is inserted.
        • an instrument of punishment consisting of an adjustable wooden structure with holes for securing a person's feet and hands, in which criminals were locked and exposed to public ridicule or assault.
        • the part of a rifle or other firearm to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached, held against one's shoulder when firing the gun.
        verb
        1. have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale:
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