Stock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stɒk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stock is a noun meaning A store or supply.
Meaning
A store or supply.
More Meanings
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
- Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
Example Sentences
Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
When all our Fathers worſhip't Stocks and Stones,
His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after.
Word Forms
- stocks
- stocken
- stocking
- stocked
Synonyms for stock
Depending on context, synonyms include livestock, feedstock, rootstock, understock, rudderstock, banal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inventory, buy in, stockpile, fund, store, carry.
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