Complete Definition of "stock"

see also|stocks
wikipedia|dab=stock (disambiguation)|stock
English

Pronunciation
AHD|st�k, IPA|/st�k/, SAMPA|/stQk/
audio|en-us-stock.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�k|-�k

Etymology
OE. stoc

Noun
en-noun|s|-

  1. A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

#:We have a stock of televisions on hand.

  1. A supply of anything ready for use.

#:Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.

  1. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
  2. Farm animals (short form of livestock)
  3. (also rolling stock) Railroad cars.
  4. finance The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
  5. The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
  6. nautical A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
  7. The axle into which the rudder is attached (rudder stock); it transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
  8. uncountable Broth made from meat or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
  9. The type of paper used in printing.

#:The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.

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

Translations
trans-top|store of goods for sale
Dutch: voorraad m, stock m
Finnish: varasto
French: stock m
German: Vorrat m
trans-mid
Japanese: �庫 (���, zaiko)
Korean: �고 (�庫, jaego)
Russian: а��о��имен� (assortimént) m
Spanish: surtido m
Swedish: lager n
Portuguese: Estoque m
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trans-top|supply of anything ready for use
Czech: zásoba f
Dutch: voorraad m, reserve
Finnish: varasto
French: réserve f
German: Vorrat m
Italian: stock m
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (���, bichiku)
Korean: �� (��, bichug, -k)
Russian: запа� (zapás) m
Spanish: reserva f
Swedish: lager n (especially if it is supposed to last a long time), förråd n
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trans-top|genus of flowers
Dutch: violier, violet (ambiguous)
French: matthiole f, violier m, giroflée des jardins f
trans-mid
Italian: violacciocca f
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trans-top|farm animals
Finnish: karja
German: animals: Vieh n
trans-mid
Korean: �� (家�, gachug, -k)
Russian: animals: �ко� (skot) m
Spanish: ganado m
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trans-top|rolling stock
See rolling stock
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trans-top|shares of a company
Dutch: aandeel n
Finnish: osake|osakkeet (pl. of osake = share)
French: action#French|action f
German: Aktie f
Japanese: 株 (��, kabu), 株� (����, kabushiki)
Korean: 주� (株�, jusig, -k)
trans-mid
Portuguese: Ação f
Russian: ак�и� (áktsija) f, �енна� б�мага (tsénnaja bumága) f
Spanish: acción f
Swedish: aktie c
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trans-top|part of gun
Czech: pažba f
Dutch: kolf m
Finnish: tukki
German: Kolben m
trans-mid
Italian: affusto m
Russian: п�иклад (priklád) m
Swedish: stock#Swedish|stock c
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trans-top|bar through an anchor
Finnish: tukki
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trans-top|rudder stock
Finnish peräsinakseli
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trans-top|broth
Finnish: liemi
German: Brühe f
Russian: м��ной о�ва� (mjasnój otvár) m
trans-mid
Spanish: caldo m
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trans-top|type of paper
Finnish: paperilaatu
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trans-top|necktie
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Chinese: �票
ttbc|Frisian: oandiel
ttbc|Hungarian: bot
ttbc|Indonesian: cadang|cadangan, logistik?, saham, bursa
ttbc|Polish: asortyment m (1), zapas m (3), inwentaż m (4), akcja f, udzia� m (6), kolba f (7)
ttbc|Spanish: existencias f pl, surtido m, reserva f, ganado m

Verb
en-verb

  1. To have on hand for sale.

#:The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

Translations
trans-top|have on hand for sale
Dutch: voorradig zijn, in stock hebben, op stock houden
Finnish: pitää varasto|varastossa
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Swedish: lagra
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Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Normally available for purchase.

#:stock items
#:stock sizes

  1. Straightforward, plain, very basic

#:That band is quite stock
#:He gave me a stock answer

Translations
trans-top|normally available for purchase
Dutch: vooradig, voorradige, op stock, in voorraad
Finnish: varasto-, e.g. varastokoko = stock size
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Derived terms

gunstock
laughingstock, laughing stock
livestock
rolling stock
stock answer
stock cube
stocfish
stockholder
stockish
stockist
stockless
stockman
mid
stock performance
stock phrase
stockpile
stock-still
stock-take
stock-taking
stock up
stock vehicle, as opposed to custom vehicle
stocks
stocky
stockyard
take stock

See also
DJIA


Dutch

Etymology
From E.|fr #English|stock.

Noun
nl-noun|stocks m

  1. #English|stock, goods in supply
  2. basic capital
  3. shares (equity)

Derived terms
stockdividend n

References
R:Koenen


French

Etymology
From E.|fr #English|stock.

Noun
fr-noun|stocks|m

  1. #English|stock, goods in supply

Derived terms
stocker
stockage


Italian

Etymology
From E.|fr #English|stock.

Noun
nl-noun|stocks m

  1. #English|stock, goods in supply, inventory

Swedish

Noun
stock c (plural: stockar, definite singular stocken, definite plural stockarna)

  1. log (trunk of a dead tree)
  2. stock (of a gun)

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