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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- stock :the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
- stock :have on hand
- Do you carry kerosene heaters?
- stock :repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- bromidic sermons|his remarks were trite and commonplace|hackneyed phrases|a stock answer|repeating threadbare jokes|parroting some timeworn axiom|the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
- stock :the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- they carried a vast inventory of hardware|they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
- stock :equip with a stock
- stock :routine
- stock :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
- stock :supply with fish