Definition of 'stock'
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"
- 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"
Synonyms: broth - 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"
Synonyms: inventory - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
Synonyms: store fund - not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
Synonyms: livestock farm animal - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
Synonyms: lineage line line of descent descent bloodline blood line blood pedigree ancestry origin parentage stemma - 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"
Synonyms: gunstock - the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
- 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"
Synonyms: breed strain - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
Synonyms: stock certificate - any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Synonyms: Malcolm stock - a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Synonyms: gillyflower - the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Synonyms: caudex - an ornamental white cravat
Synonyms: neckcloth
Verb
- have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
Synonyms: carry stockpile - equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
- supply with fish; "stock a lake"
- supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
- stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
Synonyms: buy in - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
Synonyms: sprout
Adjective
- 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'"
Synonyms: banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn - routine; "a stock answer"
- regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
Synonyms: standard
