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Stock

Stock (also capital stock) is all of the shares into which ownership of a corporation is divided. In American English, the shares are collectively known as "stock".

Reserve

To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose
The hospital reserves certain drugs for the most serious cases.

Stock

A supply accumulated for future use; a store.

Reserve

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
A runner with a reserve of energy for the final lap.

Stock

The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
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Reserve

An amount of capital that is not invested or otherwise used in order to meet probable demands, such as withdrawals by bank depositors or claims on insurance policies.

Stock

All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.

Reserve

Lack of enthusiasm, as from a misgiving or doubt
Supported the idea without reserve.

Stock

All the aquatic animals kept or raised in an aquaculture operation.

Reserve

Self-restraint in expression or bearing; reticence or coolness
Maintained a dignified reserve throughout the ceremony.

Stock

A population of wild animals, especially of a species that is also farmed
Interactions between hatchery fish and wild stocks.

Reserve

A reservation of public land
A forest reserve.

Stock

A kind of financial security granting rights of ownership in a corporation, such as a claim to a portion of the assets and earnings of the corporation and the right to vote for the board of directors. Stock is issued and traded in units called shares.

Reserve

An amount of a mineral, fossil fuel, or other resource known to exist in a particular location and to be exploitable
The discovery of large oil reserves.

Stock

The stock issued by a particular company
A mutual fund that invests in technology stocks.

Reserve

A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises.

Stock

Chiefly British The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.

Reserve

The part of a country's armed forces not on active duty but subject to call in an emergency.

Stock

Chiefly British A bond, especially a government bond.

Reserve

A member of either of these forces
The army's active reserves.

Stock

The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.

Reserve

A group of players that play only as substitutes for starters in games or are kept from playing for some reason.

Stock

A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.

Reserve

One of these players.

Stock

A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.

Reserve

Held in or forming a reserve
A reserve supply of food.

Stock

The original progenitor of a family line.

Reserve

(behaviour) Restriction.

Stock

The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character
Comes from farming stock.

Reserve

To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use
Reserved a seat on the next flight out.

Stock

Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.

Reserve

The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
The book is on reserve.

Stock

The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.

Reserve

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

Stock

A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.

Reserve

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Stock

An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.

Reserve

A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.

Stock

A group of related languages.

Reserve

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
The Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.
The Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy.

Stock

A group of related families of languages.

Reserve

(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)

Stock

The raw material out of which something is made.

Reserve

(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

Stock

Paper used for printing.

Reserve

Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

Stock

The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.

Reserve

A reserve price in an auction.

Stock

A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.

Reserve

Wine held back and aged before being sold.

Stock

Stocks(Nautical) The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.

Reserve

(ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.

Stock

Often stocks A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment.

Reserve

(social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.

Stock

Stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.

Reserve

(sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.

Stock

(Nautical) A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.

Reserve

(card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.

Stock

The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.

Reserve

In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.

Stock

The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.

Reserve

(calico printing) A resist.

Stock

The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.

Reserve

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Stock

A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.

Reserve

To keep back; to retain.
We reserve the right to make modifications.

Stock

The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.

Reserve

To keep in store for future or special use.
This cake is reserved for the guests!

Stock

A theatrical stock company.

Reserve

To book in advance; to make a reservation.
I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.

Stock

The repertoire of such a company.

Reserve

(obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

Stock

A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center
A small role in summer stock.

Reserve

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

Stock

(Botany) Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, fragrant, variously colored flowers.

Reserve

Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain; to make a reservation{7}.
Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble?
Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.

Stock

(Games) The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.

Reserve

To make an exception of; to except.

Stock

(Geology) A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.

Reserve

The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.
However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations.

Stock

(Zoology) A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.

Reserve

That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply.

Stock

Personal reputation or status
A teacher whose stock with the students is rising.

Reserve

That which is excepted; exception.
Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve.

Stock

Confidence or credence
I put no stock in that statement.

Reserve

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined,Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind.
The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.

Stock

A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.

Reserve

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

Stock

A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.

Reserve

A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

Stock

Rolling stock.

Reserve

Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

Stock

To supply (a shop) with merchandise.

Reserve

That part of the assets of a bank or other financial institution specially kept in cash in a more or less liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all demands which may be made upon it;

Stock

To supply (a farm) with livestock.

Reserve

In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the recipient will get a prize if another should be disqualified.

Stock

To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.

Reserve

A resist.

Stock

To keep for future sale or use.

Reserve

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Stock

To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.

Reserve

Formality and propriety of manner

Stock

(Obsolete) To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.

Reserve

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

Stock

To gather and lay in a supply of something
Stock up on canned goods.

Reserve

An athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out

Stock

To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.

Reserve

(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

Stock

Kept regularly in stock
A stock item.

Reserve

A district that is reserved for particular purpose

Stock

Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine
A stock answer.

Reserve

Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

Stock

Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise
A stock clerk.

Reserve

The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Stock

Of or relating to the raising of livestock
Stock farming.

Reserve

Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency;
They held back their applause in anticipation

Stock

Used for breeding
A stock mare.

Reserve

Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;
I will earmark this money for your research

Stock

Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.

Reserve

Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance;
We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's

Stock

Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.

Reserve

Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;
Reserve me a seat on a flight
The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
Please hold a table at Maxim's

Stock

A store or supply.

Reserve

Not engaged in military action

Stock

(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.

Reserve

Kept in reserve especially for emergency use;
A reserve supply of food
A spare tire
Spare parts

Stock

A supply of anything ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.

Stock

Railroad rolling stock.

Stock

A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.

Stock

Farm or ranch animals; livestock.

Stock

The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.

Stock

(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

Stock

The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.

Stock

A share in a company.

Stock

(figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.

Stock

Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.

Stock

The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.

Stock

Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.

Stock

The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.

Stock

Ellipsis of film stock

Stock

Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.

Stock

Stock theater, summer stock theater.

Stock

The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.

Stock

(horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.

Stock

(by extension) Lineage, family, ancestry.

Stock

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

Stock

A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.

Stock

(firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.

Stock

The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.

Stock

Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.

Stock

The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.

Stock

The tailstock of a lathe.

Stock

A bar, stick or rod.

Stock

A ski pole.

Stock

(nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.

Stock

(nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.

Stock

(geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)

Stock

A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.

Stock

A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.

Stock

A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.

Stock

A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle

Stock

(folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.

Stock

(obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.

Stock

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

Stock

A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

Stock

The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.

Stock

The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.

Stock

Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

Stock

(biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

Stock

The beater of a fulling mill.

Stock

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Stock

To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

Stock

To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
To stock a warehouse with goods
To stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass

Stock

To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

Stock

To put in the stocks as punishment.

Stock

(nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

Stock

To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

Stock

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Stock items
Stock sizes

Stock

Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

Stock

Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
He gave me a stock answer.

Stock

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.

Stock

The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
The scion overruleth the stock quite.

Stock

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.

Stock

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.

Stock

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

Stock

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

Stock

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 stockFrom Dardanus.

Stock

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

Stock

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.

Stock

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.

Stock

Same as Stock account, below.

Stock

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

Stock

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.

Stock

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

Stock

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

Stock

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

Stock

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.

Stock

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.

Stock

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Stock

A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
With a linen stock on one leg.

Stock

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

Stock

A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
He shall rest in my stocks.

Stock

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

Stock

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

Stock

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

Stock

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

Stock

A race or variety in a species.

Stock

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

Stock

The beater of a fulling mill.

Stock

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.

Stock

Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.

Stock

A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.

Stock

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

Stock

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.

Stock

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

Stock

To put in the stocks.

Stock

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 phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon.

Stock

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

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

Stock

The merchandise that a shop has on hand;
They carried a vast inventory of hardware

Stock

A supply of something available for future use;
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Stock

Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit

Stock

The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors

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

Stock

The reputation and popularity a person has;
His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor

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

Stock

Lumber used in the construction of something;
They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter

Stock

A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation;
The value of his stocks doubled during the past year

Stock

Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

Stock

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

Stock

Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

Stock

The handle end of some implements or tools;
He grabbed the cue by the stock

Stock

Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

Stock

An ornamental white cravat

Stock

Have on hand;
Do you carry kerosene heaters?

Stock

Equip with a stock;
Stock a rifle

Stock

Supply with fish;
Stock a lake

Stock

Supply with livestock;
Stock a farm

Stock

Stock up on to keep for future use or sale;
Let's stock coffee as long as prices are low

Stock

Provide or furnish with a stock of something;
Stock the larder with meat

Stock

Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
The plant sprouted early this year

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'

Stock

Routine;
A stock answer

Stock

Regularly and widely used or sold;
A standard size
A stock item

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