Stock

[stɒk] or [stɑk]

Definition

(noun.) the merchandise that a shop has on hand; 'they carried a vast inventory of hardware'; 'they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory'.

(noun.) the handle end of some implements or tools; 'he grabbed the cue by the stock'.

(noun.) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; 'the rifle had been fitted with a special stock'.

(noun.) lumber used in the construction of something; 'they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter'.

(noun.) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers.

(noun.) a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants.

(noun.) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant.

(noun.) the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); 'he owns a controlling share of the company's stock'.

(noun.) the reputation and popularity a person has; 'his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor'.

(verb.) have on hand; 'Do you carry kerosene heaters?'.

(verb.) provide or furnish with a stock of something; 'stock the larder with meat'.

(verb.) amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; 'let's stock coffee as long as prices are low'.

(verb.) supply with livestock; 'stock a farm'.

(verb.) supply with fish; 'stock a lake'.

(verb.) equip with a stock; 'stock a rifle'.

(adj.) routine; 'a stock answer' .

Typist: Montague--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

(n.) The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.

(n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

(n.) Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

(n.) The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.

(n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.

(n.) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.

(n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.

(n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

(n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.

(n.) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.

(n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.

(n.) The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.

(n.) Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.

(n.) Same as Stock account, below.

(n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.

(n.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.

(n.) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.

(n.) A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

(n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).

(n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.

(n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.

(n.) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.

(n.) Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

(n.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).

(n.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.

(n.) A race or variety in a species.

(n.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

(n.) The beater of a fulling mill.

(n.) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.

(v. t.) To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.

(v. t.) To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.

(v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.

(v. t.) To put in the stocks.

(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 sermon.

Typed by Audrey

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Trunk (of a tree), stalk, stem.[2]. Post, pillar, block, log.[3]. Handle (of an instrument), haft.[4]. Cravat, neckcloth.[5]. Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family.[6]. Capital, fund, invested property.[7]. Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve.[8]. Live-stock, domestic animals (on a farm).

v. a. [1]. Store, supply, furnish, fill.[2]. Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by.

Typed by Jewel

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Store, hoard, supply, fund, accumulation,[See WAGES]

Checked by Benita

Definition

n. a favourite garden-flower.

n. something stuck or thrust in: the stem of a tree or plant: the trunk which receives a graft: a post a log: anything fixed solid and senseless: a stupid person: the crank-shaped handle of a centre-bit: the wood in which the barrel of a firearm is fixed: the cross-piece of timber into which the shank of an anchor is inserted: the part to which others are attached: the original progenitor: family: a fund capital shares of a public debt: store: the cattle horses and other useful animals kept on a farm: the liquor or broth obtained by boiling meat the foundation for soup: a stiff band worn as a cravat often fastened with a buckle at the back: (pl.) an instrument in which the legs of offenders were confined: the frame for a ship while building: the public funds.—v.t. to store: to supply: to fill: to supply with domestic animals or stock: to refrain from milking cows for 24 hours or more previous to sale.—adj. kept in stock standing.—ns. Stock′breed′er one who raises live-stock; Stock′broker a broker who deals in stocks or shares; Stock′broking the business of a stockbroker; Stock′-dove the wild pigeon of Europe; Stock′-ep′ithet any ordinary and conventional epithet; Stock′-exchange′ the place where stocks are bought and sold: an association of sharebrokers and dealers; Stock′-farm′er a farmer who rears live-stock as cattle &c.; Stock′-feed′er one who feeds or fattens live-stock; Stock′holder one who holds stocks in the public funds or in a company; Stock′-in-trade the whole goods a shopkeeper keeps on sale: a person's mental resources; Stock′-job′ber; Stock′-job′bery -job′bing speculating in stocks; Stock′-list a list of stocks and current prices regularly issued; Stock′man a herdsman who has the charge of stock on a sheep-run in Australia; Stock′-mar′ket a market for the sale of stocks the stock-exchange; Stock′-pot the pot in which the stock for soup is kept; Stock′-rid′er a herdsman on an Australian station; Stock′-sadd′le a saddle with heavy tree and iron horn; Stock′-stā′tion a station where stock and cattle are reared; Stock′-whip a whip with short handle and long lash for use in herding; Stock′work a deposit in which the ore is distributed all over it; Stock′yard a large yard with pens stables &c. where cattle are kept for slaughter market &c.—Take stock to make an inventory of goods on hand: to make an estimate of; Take stock in to take a share in to put confidence in.

Checked by Benita