stock

About 50.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A store or supply. A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

   We have a stock of televisions on hand.

2. noun A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

   We have a stock of televisions on hand.

3. noun A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.

   Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.

4. noun Railroad rolling stock.

   The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.

5. noun A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
6. noun Farm or ranch animals; livestock.

   Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.

7. noun The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.

   The stocks of this fishery are recovering from overfishing, but the gains can easily reverse if our husbandry efforts lapse.

8. noun The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

   His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after.

Similar words

inventory buy in stockpile fund store stock certificate carry origin standard variety

Often followed by

of exchange market and in is to or was

Word family

stocked stocking stocks