stock image

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   an exisitng photograph licensed for a specific use

   Synonymsstock photograph

   Broaderphotograph

Questions about stock image

What does stock image mean?

stock image means "an exisitng photograph licensed for a specific use".

What is another word for stock image?

Close synonyms include stock photograph. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stock image a common word?

stock image is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.