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stock

[stok] Pronunciation Key,

–noun

1.	a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.

2.	a quantity of something accumulated, as for future use: a stock of provisions.

3.	livestock.

4.	Theater. a stock company: a job in summer stock.

Finance.

a.	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.

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.

25.	the raw material from which something is made.

26.	Papermaking. stuff (def. 15).

27.	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.

34.	Railroads. rolling stock.

35.	Dominoes. boneyard (def. 3).

36.	Informal. stock car (def. 1).

37.	Roman Catholic Church. one of a set of three metal containers for holy oil.

38.	Geology, Mining. an irregular igneous intrusion, usually an offshoot of a batholith, often mineralized.

39.	Archaic. a stocking.

40.	Obsolete. the frame of a plow to which the share, handles, etc., are attached.

–adjective

41.	kept regularly on hand, as for use or sale; staple; standard: stock articles.

42.	having as one's job the care of a concern's goods: a stock clerk.

43.	of the common or ordinary type; in common use: a stock argument.

44.	banal; commonplace: a stock remark.

45.	pertaining to or designating the breeding and raising of livestock: stock farming.

46.	Southern U.S. (chiefly Southern Appalachian and South Atlantic States). (of farm animals) being a fully grown male: a stock hog.

47.	of or pertaining to the stock of a company or corporation: a stock report.

48.

Theater.

a.	pertaining to a stock company.

b.	appearing together in a repertoire, as a company.

c.	forming part of a repertoire, as a play.

d.	being a character type fixed by convention, as in the commedia dell'-arte, a harlequinade, minstrel show, or the like.

49.	Informal. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a stock car.

–verb (used with object)

50.	to furnish with a stock or supply.

51.	to furnish with stock, as a farm with horses, cattle, etc.

52.	to lay up in store, as for future use.

53.	to fasten to or provide with a stock, as a rifle, plow, bell, anchor, etc.

54.	to put in the stocks as a punishment.

–verb (used without object)

55.	to lay in a stock of something (often fol. by up).

—Idioms

56.	in stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock.

57.	lock, stock, and barrel. lock¹ (def. 29).

58.

on the stocks,

a.	under construction, as esp. a ship.

b.	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.

]

—Related forms

stocklike, adjective

—Synonyms 1. store, provision, reserve. 11. lineage, family. 14. haft. 43. usual.

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stock (stŏk) Pronunciation Key
n.

A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
1. 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.
2. The number of shares that each stockholder possesses.
3. A stock certificate.
4. The part of a tally or record of account formerly given to a creditor.
5. A debt symbolized by a tally.
6. A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
7. A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
8. The original progenitor of a family line.
9. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
10. Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
11. The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
12. A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
13. An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
14. A group of related languages.
15. A group of related families of languages.
16. A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
17. stocks Nautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
18. A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
19. The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
20. The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
21. A theatrical stock company.
22. The repertoire of such a company.
23. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
24. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
25. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
26. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
27. A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.
1. A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
2. A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
3. The original progenitor of a family line.
4. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
5. Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
6. The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
7. A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
8. An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
9. A group of related languages.
10. A group of related families of languages.
11. A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
12. stocks Nautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
13. A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
14. The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
15. The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
16. A theatrical stock company.
17. The repertoire of such a company.
18. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
19. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
20. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
21. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
22. A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
1. The original progenitor of a family line.
2. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
3. Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
4. The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
5. A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
6. An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
7. A group of related languages.
8. A group of related families of languages.
9. A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
10. stocks Nautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
11. A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
12. The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
13. The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
14. A theatrical stock company.
15. The repertoire of such a company.
16. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
17. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
18. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
19. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
20. 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.
1. A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
2. stocks Nautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
3. A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
4. The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
5. The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
6. A theatrical stock company.
7. The repertoire of such a company.
8. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
9. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
10. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
11. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
12. 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.
1. The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
2. The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
3. A theatrical stock company.
4. The repertoire of such a company.
5. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
6. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
7. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
8. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
9. 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.
1. A theatrical stock company.
2. The repertoire of such a company.
3. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
4. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
5. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
6. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
7. 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.
1. Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
2. Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
3. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
4. A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
1. A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
2. 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:
1. To supply (a shop) with merchandise.
2. To supply (a farm) with livestock.
3. 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.
1. Of or relating to the raising of livestock: stock farming.
2. Used for breeding: a stock mare.
3. Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
4. Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
1. Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
2. 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.

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stocks

instrument of punishment, c.1325, from stock (n.1).

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stocks
noun
1.	a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
2.	a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod
3.	a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked