Stock word meaning and definition

[noun] not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
[noun] an ornamental white cravat
[noun] the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
[noun] the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
[noun] 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"
[noun] lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
[noun] 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"
[noun] a special kind of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new variety of sheep"
[noun] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
[noun] any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
[noun] any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
[noun] a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
[noun] persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
[noun] the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to partial ownership; "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
[noun] a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
[noun] a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
[noun] the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
[adjective] regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
[adjective] routine; "a stock answer"
[verb] have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
[verb] provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
[verb] stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"

\Stock\, n. 1. Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock. 2. (Soap Making) A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
\Stock\ (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. --Job xiv. 8,9. 2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon. 3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick. --Fuller. 4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks. --Shak. 5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically:
(a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.
(b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
(c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
(d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of {Anchor}.
(e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
(f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
(g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See {Counterfoil}. [Eng.] 6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family. And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All told their stock. --Chapman. Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From Dardanus. --Denham. 7. Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also {the public funds}; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called {stocks}, and the former {shares}. 8. (Bookkeeping) Same as {Stock account}, below. 9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions. Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden. 10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also {live stock}. 11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank. I must buy the stock; send me good cardings. --Beau. & Fl. 12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.] 13. [Cf. {Stocking}.] A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings). [Obs.] With a linen stock on one leg. --Shak. 14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock. 15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment. He shall rest in my stocks. --Piers Plowman. 16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building. 17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. [Eng.] 18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus {Matthiola}; as, common stock ({Matthiola incana}) (see {Gilly-flower}); ten-weeks stock ({M. annua}). 19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone. 20. A race or variety in a species. 21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see {Person}), as trees, chains of salp[ae], etc. 22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight. 23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc. {Bit stock}. See {Bitstock}. {Dead stock} (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10, above. {Head stock}. See {Headstock}. {Paper stock}, rags and other material of which paper is made. {Stock account} (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn. {Stock car}, a railway car for carrying cattle. {Stock company} (Com.), an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value. {Stock duck} (Zo["o]l.), the mallard.

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