Definition of Stock

Babylon English Dictionary
supply of goods, inventory; share, company's capital divided into shares; livestock, farm animals; tree trunk, main stem of a plant; lineage, ancestry; soup broth, clear soup made from concentrated meat or fish stock; handle, base
maintain an inventory, supply with goods; supply with livestock, provide with farm animals; store, accumulate, set aside for future use
available on a regular basis; commonplace, routine; employed to handle merchandise or goods; of or pertaining to livestock
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Stock Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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A village in the Shire, at the north end of the Marish.

A small town or village of the Marish, near the banks of the River Brandywine, in the Eastfarthing of the Shire.
Stock Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
  
(n.)
Same as Stock account, below.
  
(n.)
Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
  
(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.)
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
  
(n.)
Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
  
(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.)
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 thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
  
(n.)
A race or variety in a species.
  
(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.
  
(n.)
A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
  
(n.)
A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
  
(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.)
A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
  
(n.)
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
  
(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.
  
(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.
  
(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 lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
  
(n.)
The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
  
(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 support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
  
(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.)
The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.
  
(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.)
The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
  
(n.)
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
  
(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 beater of a fulling mill.
  
(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.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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stock
\stock\, n.
1. raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.
2. (soap making) a plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
stock
\stock\ (st&obreve;k), n. [as. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to d. stok, g. stock, ohg. stoc, icel. stokkr, sw. stock, dan. stok, and as. stycce a piece; cf. skr. tuj to urge, thrust. cf. stokker, stucco, and tuck a rapier.] 1. the stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. xiv. 8,9.
2. the stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. the scion overruleth the stock quite.
3. a block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick.
4. hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.
5. the principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached. specifically: (a) 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. (b) the handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace. (c) (joinery) 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. (d) (naut.) the wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. see illust. of anchor. (e) the support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself. (f) a handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock. (g) 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. [eng.]
6. the original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family. and stand betwixt them made, when, severally, all told their stock. thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock from dardanus.
7. 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.
8. (bookkeeping) same as stock account, below.
9. supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions. add to that stock which justly we bestow.
10. (agric.) domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.
11. (card playing) 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. i must buy the stock; send me good cardings. & fl.
12. a thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [obs.]
13. [cf. stocking.] a covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (



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The Phrase Finder
Meaning
An object of derision.
Origin
From Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.
SIR HUGH EVANS [Aside to DOCTOR CAIUS] Pray you let us not be
laughing-stocks to other men's humours; I desire you
in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.
Meaning
The whole thing.
Origin
From the parts that constitute a flintlock rifle.
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Arlost = n. a stock, shaft, or butt
Bon = n. stock, stem, base
Boncyff = n. stump, stock
Bonedd = n. stock, pedigree
Coettrych = n. a grafting stock
Cyff = n. a stock, a stump, a stem, a block
Cystlynan = n. a family stock
Da = n. what is had; goods, chattels, stock, cattle, a. good, well, adv.
Echen = n. source, origin; stock, tribe, family, or nation
Gwelydd = n. a bed; stock of a family
Helaethrwydd = n. ampleness; abundance, an ample stock
Helyth = n. a family stock
Modrydaf = n. standard; stock of bees
Pill = n. a pivot; a shaft; a stem, a stock; a tong; a stronghold; a frame; a heater
Ystor = n. a bulk; a store, a stock; a quantity
Ystwffwl = n. a stock, a holdfast, a staple, the knocker of a door
Ystyffyllu = v. to stock, to log
Shakespeare Words
a stocking
Australian Slang
not containing any special features
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. 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"
(hypernym) capital, working capital
(hyponym) common stock, common shares, ordinary shares
(part-meronym) share
2. liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
(synonym) broth
(hypernym) soup
(hyponym) liquor, pot liquor, pot likker
3. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
(synonym) inventory
(hypernym) merchandise, wares, product
(derivation) buy in
4. a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
(synonym) store, fund
(hypernym) accumulation
(hyponym) infrastructure, base
5. not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
(synonym) livestock, farm animal
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(class) carry
6. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
(synonym) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma
(hypernym) genealogy, family tree
(hyponym) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
7. 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"
(synonym) gunstock
(hypernym) handle, grip, handgrip, hold
(hyponym) pistol grip
(part-holonym) pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron
8. the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
(hypernym) repute, reputation
9. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
(synonym) breed, strain
(hypernym) variety
(hyponym) bloodstock
(member-holonym) species
10. lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
(hypernym) lumber, timber
11. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
(synonym) stock certificate
(hypernym) security, certificate
(hyponym) share
12. any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
(synonym) Malcolm stock
(hypernym) flower
(member-holonym) Malcolmia, genus Malcolmia
13. a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
(hypernym) plant part, plant structure
(hyponym) rootstock
(derivation) sprout
14. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
(synonym) gillyflower
(hypernym) flower
(hyponym) brompton stock, Matthiola incana
(member-holonym) Matthiola, genus Matthiola
15. the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
(hypernym) handle, grip, handgrip, hold
(hyponym) brace, bitstock
(part-holonym) fishing rod, fishing pole
16. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
(synonym) caudex
(hypernym) stalk, stem
17. an ornamental white cravat
(synonym) neckcloth
(hypernym) cravat

Verb
1. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
(synonym) carry, stockpile
(hypernym) have, have got, hold
(derivation) store, fund
2. equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit
(derivation) gunstock
3. supply with fish; "stock a lake"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) store, fund
(classification) animal husbandry
4. supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) breed, strain
(classification) animal husbandry
5. stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
(synonym) buy in
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(hyponym) overstock
(derivation) inventory
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
6. provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(hyponym) plant
(derivation) store, fund
7. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
(synonym) sprout
(hypernym) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire

Adjective
1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
(synonym) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
(similar) unoriginal
2. routine; "a stock answer"
(similar) standard
3. regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
(synonym) standard
(similar) regular
Stock Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Ownership of a corporation which is represented by shares which represent a piece of the corporation's assets and earnings.
Copyright © 2000, Campbell R. Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Glossary of papermaking terms
Terms used to describe the papermaking material in all stages, but usually referring to the wet pulp before it is fed onto the paper machine.
Mutual Fund Glossary
Investment that buys ownership in a corporation, in exchange for a portion of that company's earnings and assets.
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Stock Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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County:  Essex
Post Code: CM4
Stock Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The Language of Flowers

- Lasting beauty, Bonds of affection, Promptness, You'll always be beautiful to me
Fishery Glossary
1. In theory, a Unit Stock comprises all the individuals of fish in an area, which are part of the same reproductive process. It is self-contained, with no emigration or immigration of individuals from or to the stock. On practical grounds, however, a fraction of the unit stock is considered a "stock" for management purposes (or a management unit), as long as the results of the assessments and management remain close enough to what they would be on the unit stock. Comonwealth of Australia (1997).
2. A group of individuals in a species occupying a well defined spatial range independent of other stocks of the same species. Random dispersal and directed migrations due to seasonal or reproductive activity can occur. Such a group can be regarded as an entity for management or assessment purposes. Some species form a single stock (e.g. southern bluefin tuna) while others are composed of several stocks (e.g. albacore tuna in the Pacific Ocean comprises separate Northern and Southern stocks). The impact of fishing on a species cannot be determined without knowledge of this stock structure. Comonwealth of Australia (1997).
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Stock Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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The capital stock (or simply stock) of a business entity represents the original capital paid into or invested in the business by its founders. It serves as a security for the creditors of a business since it cannot be withdrawn to the detriment of the creditors. Stock is different from the property and the assets of a business which may fluctuate in quantity and value.

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Stock Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'Lectric Law Library
STOCK - The capital of a merchant tradesman, or other person including his merchandise, money and credits. In a narrower sense it signifies only the goods and wares he has for sale and traffic. The capital of corporations is also called stock; this is usually divided into shares of a definite value, as one hundred dollars, fifty dollars per share.

The stock held by individuals in corporations is generally considered as personal property.

descents. This is a metaphorical expression which designates, in the genealogy of a family, the person from whom others are descended: those persons who have so descended are called branches.

STOCKS - A machine commonly made of wood, with holes in it, in which to confine persons accused of or guilty of a crime.

It was used either to confine unruly offenders by way of security, or convicted criminals for punishment.

This barbarous punishment has been generally abandoned in the United States.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.
Stock Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Range and Series label Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky, by William Cadenhead Ltd. (Campbeltown, Scotland)
Stock Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
film and video
A general term for motion picture film, particularly before it is exposed.
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