the outstanding capital of a company or corporation.
b.
the shares of a particular company or corporation.
c.
the certificate of ownership of such stock; stock certificate.
d.
(formerly) a tally or stick used in transactions between a debtor and a creditor.
6.
Horticulture.
a.
Also called understock.in grafting, a stem in which the bud or scion is inserted.
b.
a stem, tree, or plant that furnishes slips or cuttings; stock plant.
7.
the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant, as distinguished from roots and branches.
8.
the type from which a group of animals or plants has been derived.
9.
a race or other related group of animals or plants.
10.
the person from whom a given line of descent is derived; the original progenitor.
11.
a line of descent; a tribe, race, or ethnic group.
12.
Linguistics. a category consisting of language families that, because of resemblances in grammatical structure and vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin. Compare family(def. 14), phylum(def. 2).
13.
any grouping of related languages.
14.
the handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
15.
Firearms.
a.
the wooden or metal piece to which the barrel and mechanism of a rifle are attached.
b.
a part of an automatic weapon, as a machine gun, similar in position or function.
16.
the trunk or stump of a tree, left standing.
17.
a dull or stupid person.
18.
something lifeless or senseless.
19.
the main upright part of anything, esp. a supporting structure.
20.
stocks,
a.
a former instrument of punishment consisting of a framework with holes for securing the ankles and, sometimes, the wrists, used to expose an offender to public derision. Compare pillory(def. 1).
b.
a frame in which a horse or other animal is secured in a standing position for shoeing or for a veterinary operation.
c.
the frame on which a boat rests while under construction.
21.
Nautical.
a.
a vertical shaft forming part of a rudder and controlling the rudder's movement.
b.
a transverse piece of wood or metal near the ring on some anchors.
22.
the metal or wooden body of a carpenter's plane.
23.
Metallurgy.
a.
material being smelted in a blast furnace.
b.
a metal piece to be forged.
24.
Printing.
a.
a specified quality or kind of paper: glossy stock; card stock; offset stock.
b.
the paper for printing a particular job: We don't have enough stock for that large a run.
Cookery. the liquor or broth prepared by boiling meat, fish, chicken, etc., with or without vegetables or seasonings, and used esp. as a foundation for soups and sauces.
28.
any of several plants belonging to the genus Matthiola, of the mustard family, esp. M. incana, having fragrant white, blue, purple, reddish, or yellowish flowers.
29.
a rhizome or rootstock.
30.
Zoology. a compound organism, as a colony of corals.
31.
a collar or a neckcloth fitting like a band around the neck.
32.
Cards. the portion of a pack of cards that, in certain games, is not dealt out to the players, but is left on the table, to be drawn from as occasion requires.
33.
an adjustable wrench for holding dies for cutting screws.
in progress or preparation: a new novel on the stocks.
59.
out of stock, lacking a supply of, esp. temporarily: We are out of stock in this item.
60.
take or put stock in, to put confidence in or attach importance to; believe; trust: Considering his general unreliability, I can't take stock in what he has told you.
61.
take stock,
a.
to make an inventory of stock on hand.
b.
to make an appraisal of resources or prospects: She took stock of her decorating scheme and decided it was time for a change.
Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE stoc(c) stump, stake, post, log; c. G Stock, ON stokkr tree-trunk; (v.) deriv. of the n.
The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
The capital or fund that a corporation raises through the sale of shares entitling the stockholder to dividends and to other rights of ownership, such as voting rights.
The number of shares that each stockholder possesses.
A stock certificate.
The part of a tally or record of account formerly given to a creditor.
A debt symbolized by a tally.
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
The original progenitor of a family line.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
A group of related languages.
A group of related families of languages.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
The original progenitor of a family line.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
A group of related languages.
A group of related families of languages.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The original progenitor of a family line.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
A group of related languages.
A group of related families of languages.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The raw material out of which something is made.
The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.
Nautical A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.
The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.
The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
Botany Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
Games The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.
Geology A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.
Zoology A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
Rolling stock.
v.
stocked, stock·ing, stocks
v.
tr.
To provide or furnish with a stock of something, especially:
To supply (a shop) with merchandise.
To supply (a farm) with livestock.
To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.
To keep for future sale or use.
To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.
Obsolete To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.
v.
intr.
To gather and lay in a supply of something: stock up on canned goods.
To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.
adj.
Kept regularly in stock: a stock item.
Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine: a stock answer.
Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise: a stock clerk.
Of or relating to the raising of livestock: stock farming.
Used for breeding: a stock mare.
Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
[Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, tree trunk.] stock'age n., stock'er n.
O.E. stocc "stump, post, stake, tree trunk, log," also "pillory" (usually plural, stocks), from P.Gmc. *stukkaz "tree trunk" (cf. O.N. stokkr "block of wood, trunk of a tree," O.S., O.Fris. stok, M.Du. stoc "tree trunk, stump," Du. stok "stick, cane," O.H.G. stoc "tree trunk, stick," Ger. Stock "stick, cane;" also Du. stuk, Ger. Stück "piece"), from PIE *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Meaning "ancestry, family" (1382) is a fig. use of the "tree trunk" sense (cf. family tree). This is also the root of the meaning "heavy part of a tool," and "part of a rifle held against the shoulder" (1541). Stock, lock, and barrel "the whole of a thing" is recorded from 1817. Meaning "framework on which a boat was constructed" (1422) led to fig. phrase on stocks "planned and commenced" (1669). Stock-still (c.1470) is lit. "as still as a tree trunk."
Main Entry: stock Function: noun 1 a: the equipment, materials, or supplies of a business b: a store or supply accumulated; especially: the inventory of the goods of a merchant or manufacturer 2: the ownership element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates; also: the certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stockcapital stock 1: the stock that a corporation may issue under its charter including both common and preferred stock 2: the outstanding shares of a joint stock company considered as an aggregate 3:CAPITALIZATION 4common stock : a class of stock whose holders share in company profits (as through dividends) on a pro rata basis, may vote for directors and on important matters such as mergers, and may have limited access to information not publicly availablecumulative preferred stock : preferred stock whose holders are entitled to the payment of cumulative dividends as well as current dividends before common stockholders are paidgrowth stock : stock issued by a growth companymargin stock : stock that may be purchased in a margin accountno–par value stock : stock issued with no par value which may be carried for corporate accounting purposes as part of the capital stock or as part of the capital surplus to the extent allowed by law called also no-par stockpen·ny stock : the stock of a small company not listed on a major exchange and traditionally selling at less than a dollar a sharepreferred stock : a class of corporate stock whose holders are guaranteed payment of dividends and a share of asset distribution before the holders of common stock but are usually denied voting rightsTreasury stock : stock that is reacquired and held by the issuing company (as to increase the market value of traded shares)voting stock : stock (as common stock) entitling the holder to vote in matters of corporate governancewa·tered stock : stock issued with a par value greater than the value of the underlying assets
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). (of farm animals) being a fully grown male: a stock hog. 
