"Stock" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Stocks [plural]
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”). This sense is also found respectively in Dutch and German, and Slavic borrowings of them. Compare Stocker. * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * (Stockton): Clipping of Stockton. Etymology templates: {{sense|Stockton}} (Stockton):, {{clip|en|Stockton}} Clipping of Stockton Head templates: {{en-prop|~}} Stock (countable and uncountable, plural Stocks)
  1. A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Essex, England, Places in England, Places in Essex, England, Villages in England, Villages in Essex, England
    Sense id: en-Stock-en-name-ixEXD~DR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 1 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 2 33 5 27 7 1 8 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 35 3 30 7 0 9 6 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
  2. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Stock-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  3. Diminutive of Stockton (“personal name”). Tags: countable, diminutive, form-of, uncountable Form of: Stockton (extra: personal name)
    Sense id: en-Stock-en-name-QEHbvG8a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 1 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 2 33 5 27 7 1 8 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 35 3 30 7 0 9 6 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Goodley Stock
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