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say it: stahk
stock is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)". It is pronounced /ˈstɑk/ — stahk. It carries 27 recorded senses.
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”
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”
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”
a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
“the value of his stocks doubled during the past year”
a supply of something available for future use
“he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars”
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”
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”
the reputation and popularity a person has
“his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor”
a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
lumber used in the construction of something
“they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter”
any animals kept for use or profit
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
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'”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stock come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.