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  • Definition
    • 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 a rifle

    • stock :routine
      • a stock answer

    • 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
      • stock a lake

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