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Noun | 1. | ![]() common shares, common stock, ordinary shares - stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections; "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks" no-par stock, no-par-value stock - stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate preference shares, preferred shares, preferred stock - stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights float - the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public common stock equivalent - preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock control stock - shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest growth stock - stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to share - any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price" authorized shares, authorized stock, capital stock - the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation quarter stock - stock with a par value of $25/share capital, working capital - assets available for use in the production of further assets reacquired stock, treasury shares, treasury stock - stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends voting stock - shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights watered stock - stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital |
2. | stock - 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" merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" | |
3. | stock - 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" gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) pistol grip - a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" | |
4. | ![]() share - any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price" certificate, security - a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends; "he held several valuable securities" | |
5. | stock - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" accumulation - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation provision - a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) government issue, military issue, issue - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government seed stock - a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting | |
6. | ![]() blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, line kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin | |
7. | stock - 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" animal group - a group of animals variety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany" bloodstock - thoroughbred horses (collectively) pedigree - line of descent of a purebred animal species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed | |
8. | ![]() soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food beef broth, beef stock - a stock made with beef chicken broth, chicken stock - a stock made with chicken stock cube - a cube of dehydrated stock | |
9. | stock - the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" reputation, repute - the state of being held in high esteem and honor | |
10. | stock - persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | |
11. | stock - a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus rootstock - root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots | |
12. | ![]() flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Matthiola, Matthiola - genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals brompton stock, Matthiola incana - European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental | |
13. | ![]() flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Malcolmia, Malcolmia - genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan | |
14. | stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" | |
15. | stock - the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" bitstock, brace - a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring butt end - thick end of the handle cue stick, pool cue, pool stick, cue - sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards fishing pole, fishing rod - a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping | |
16. | stock - an ornamental white cravat cravat - neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front | |
17. | ![]() eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials carry - be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" | |
Verb | 1. | stock - have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
2. | stock - equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" | |
3. | stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake" animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm" | |
4. | stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm" animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake" | |
5. | stock - 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" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) overstock - stock excessively understock - stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity | |
6. | stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" plant - place into a river; "plant fish" restock - stock again; "He restocked his land with pheasants" | |
7. | stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" | |
Adj. | 1. | stock - 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'" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham |
2. | stock - routine; "a stock answer" standard - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure" | |
3. | stock - regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" regular - in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" |