stock
noun
[ stɒk ]
• the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.
• "the store has a very low turnover of stock"
Similar:
merchandise,
goods,
wares,
items/articles for sale,
commodities,
vendibles,
• the capital raised by a company or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares.
• "between 1982 and 1986 the value of the company's stock rose by 86%"
• liquid made by cooking bones, meat, fish, or vegetables slowly in water, used as a basis for the preparation of soup, gravy, or sauces.
• "a pint of chicken stock"
• a person's ancestry or line of descent.
• "her mother was of French stock"
Similar:
descent,
ancestry,
origin(s),
parentage,
pedigree,
lineage,
line,
line of descent,
heritage,
birth,
extraction,
background,
family,
blood,
bloodline,
genealogy,
beginnings,
filiation,
stirps,
• the trunk or woody stem of a living tree or shrub, especially one into which a graft (scion) is inserted.
• a herbaceous European plant that is cultivated for its fragrant lilac, pink, or white flowers.
• an instrument of punishment consisting of an adjustable wooden structure with holes for securing a person's feet and hands, in which criminals were locked and exposed to public ridicule or assault.
• the part of a rifle or other firearm to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached, held against one's shoulder when firing the gun.
• a band of white material tied like a cravat and worn as a part of formal horse-riding dress.
• a frame used to support a ship or boat out of water, especially when under construction.
stock
adjective
• (of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.
• "25 per cent off stock items"
• (of a phrase or expression) so regularly used as to be automatic or hackneyed.
• "she faltered momentarily and then resorted to the teenager's favourite stock response ‘whatever’"
stock
verb
• have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.
• "most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce"
Similar:
sell,
market,
supply,
keep,
keep in stock,
have,
have for sale,
carry,
handle,
offer,
provide,
trade in,
deal in,
• fit (a rifle or other firearm) with a stock.
• "it was a fine gun which he forged, stocked, and completed himself"
Origin:
Old English stoc(c) ‘trunk, block of wood, post’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stok and German Stock ‘stick’. The notion ‘store, fund’ (stock (sense 1 of the noun and sense 2 of the noun)) arose in late Middle English and is of obscure origin, perhaps expressing ‘growth from a central stem’ or ‘firm foundation’.
preference share
noun
• a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends.
