Stock Definition
stŏk
stocked, stocking, stocks
noun
stocks
A tree stump.
Webster's New World
The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
American Heritage
All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
American Heritage
All the aquatic animals kept or raised in an aquaculture operation.
American Heritage
A blockhead.
Webster's New World
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verb
stocked, stocking, stocks
To furnish (a farm) with stock or (a shop, etc.) with a stock.
Webster's New World
To provide with or attach to a stock.
To stock a firearm, plow, etc.
Webster's New World
To supply with.
To stock a pond with fish.
Webster's New World
To keep or put in a supply of, as for sale or for future use.
Webster's New World
To put in a stock, or supply.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Continually kept in stock.
Stock sizes.
Webster's New World
Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine.
A stock answer.
American Heritage
Of the nature of something kept in stock; common, ordinary, hackneyed, or trite.
A stock excuse.
Webster's New World
That deals with stock.
Webster's New World
Relating to stock or a stock company.
Webster's New World
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idiom
in stock
- Available for sale or use; on hand.
American Heritage
out of stock
- Not available for sale or use.
American Heritage
in stock
- available for sale or use; on hand
Webster's New World
on the stocks
- being built
Webster's New World
out of stock
- not immediately available for sale or use; not on hand
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Stock
- in stock
- out of stock
- in stock
- on the stocks
- out of stock
- take stock
- take stock in
Origin of Stock
Old English stocc, with modern senses mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. How the senses of "supply" and "raw material" developed from these is unclear, however.
From Wiktionary
Middle English stok from Old English stocc tree trunk N., sense 18, short for stock-gillyflower (from their woody stems)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Woodstock, a famous American festival.
From Wiktionary
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