stock

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/stɒk/

noun 6verb 5adj 3name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

behind, half, rapid

The company is behind stock on their popular winter coats this season.

VERB + STOCK

decline, found, price, stealing

The company's stock price declined sharply after the disappointing quarterly earnings report.

STOCK + NOUN

certificates, investments, items, product, recovery, televisions

The store had to reorder televisions because their stock product was selling faster than expected.

PREP.

down, in, in, on, with

The shop ran out of milk, so we had to stock up on groceries from the supermarket.

ADV.

often, severely, surprisingly

The supply chain was severely disrupted, leaving store shelves completely out of stock.

Definitions

noun

A store or supply.

We have a stock of televisions on hand.

I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.

A store or supply.

Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.

A store or supply.

The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.

A store or supply.

verb

To have on hand for sale.

The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

...he would not stock any product on his shelves from any company that hired a communist or, as it was called at the time, a comsymp.

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

To put in the stocks as punishment.

Poor Tom, that[…]eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat, and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is whipp'd from tything to tything, and stock'd, punish'd, and imprison'd

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

adj

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.

stock items

stock sizes

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

Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

He gave me a stock answer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any animals kept for use or profit

livestock

noun — an ornamental white cravat

neckcloth

noun — the merchandise that a shop has on hand

inventory

noun — the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgu

gunstock

noun — liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered

broth

noun — a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

noun — the descendants of one individual

noun — any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightl

gillyflower

noun — persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

caudex

noun — a supply of something available for future use

verb — put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

sprout

verb — have on hand

adjective — regularly and widely used or sold

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

take stock

To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.

At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.

laughing stock

An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

Pray you let us not be laughing-stocks to other men's humours.

stock phrase

A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.

Bart Simpson's stock phrase "I didn't do it" was once lampooned on the show itself.

Example Bank

We have a stock of televisions on hand.

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I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.

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The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

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...he would not stock any product on his shelves from any company that hired a communist or, as it was called at the time, a comsymp.

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to stock a warehouse with goods

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stock items

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