Definition of Stocks. Meaning of Stocks. Synonyms of Stocks

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Definition of Stocks

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Stock 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.
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Stock Stock, a. Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon. ``A stock charge against Raleigh.' --C. Kingsley. Stock company (Theater), a company of actors regularly employed at one theater, or permanently acting together in various plays under one management.
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Stock Stock (st[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stocked (st[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Stocking.] 1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like. 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass. 3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows. 4. To put in the stocks. [R.] --Shak. To stock an anchor (Naut.), to fit it with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place. To stock cards (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes. [Cant]
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To take place, root, sides, stock, etc. See under Place, Root, Side, etc. To take the air. (a) (Falconry) To seek to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon; -- said of a bird. (b) See under Air. To take the field. (Mil.) See under Field. To take thought, to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous. --Matt. vi. 25, 27. To take to heart. See under Heart. To take to task, to reprove; to censure.

Meaning of Stocks from wikipedia

- Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient...
- Stocks Market was a market in central London operating between 1282 and 1737 and for centuries was London's main retail meat and produce market. The market...
- Stocks (also capital stock, or sometimes interchangeably, shares) consist of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided....
- Fish stocks are subpo****tions of a particular species of fish, for which intrinsic parameters (growth, recruitment, mortality and fishing mortality) are...
- Bump stocks or bump fire stocks are gun stocks that can be used to ****ist in bump firing, the act of using the recoil of a semi-automatic firearm to fire...
- Penny stocks are common shares of small public companies that trade for less than five dollars per share. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
- Smart and Megginson op cit p. 387. "Large Cap, Mid Cap, and Small Cap Stocks". Financial Edge. Retrieved September 15, 2022. "Mega Cap Definition". Retrieved...
- Stocks Manor House is a large Georgian mansion, built in 1773. It is the largest property in the village of Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Stocks House and its...
- Stocks refers to a device used to imprison the feet as punishment. It may also refer to: Stock, the equity of a company, referred to as Stocks and Shares...
- January 27, 2020. Khan, Kim (December 22, 2021). "Defining 'tech stocks': GAMMA stocks dominate". S****ing Alpha. "Most Valuable Companies in the World...