"stock" meaning in English

See stock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /stɒk/ Audio: en-us-stock.ogg [US] Forms: stock [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: stŏk Head templates: {{adjective}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is stock, it is the usual one with no special changes or additions.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-adj-fSRjAPdK

Noun

IPA: /stɒk/ Audio: en-us-stock.ogg [US] Forms: stock [singular], stocks [plural]
enPR: stŏk Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Your stock is the collection of things that you have available, usually to sell.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-noun-hqDoF6UP
  2. A stock is a share in a public company.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-noun-LH6Sgh8W
  3. If something is in stock it is at the store and available for sale.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-noun-goYMvh~F
  4. If something is out of stock it is not at the store and available for sale.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-noun-1Ns3L~U0
  5. Stock is a basic soup made from boiling meat, bones, or vegetables.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-noun-N1gKOhOl
  6. If you take stock of a situation, you think about it and plan what to do next.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-noun-vHpxH~ly

Verb

IPA: /stɒk/ Audio: en-us-stock.ogg [US] Forms: stock [canonical], stocks [third-person, singular], stocked [past], stocked [past, participle], stocking [present, participle]
enPR: stŏk Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a store stocks a product, it has it available to be sold.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-verb-YDAjUEx2
  2. If you stock x with y, you fill x with y.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-verb-68NLJueo
  3. If you stock up on something, you get more than you use in a short time.
    Sense id: simple-stock-en-verb-iCnRKU84
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        {
          "text": "It depend on where the store got its stock from."
        },
        {
          "text": "Storms cause a great deal of damage to the nation's housing stock."
        },
        {
          "text": "Going out of business! All stock must be sold."
        },
        {
          "text": "They kept a stock of food in the basement."
        },
        {
          "text": "Publishing such experiments adds to our stock of knowledge."
        },
        {
          "text": "Police found a stock of weapons in the house."
        },
        {
          "text": "I asked the stock boy where to find the juice."
        },
        {
          "text": "Overfishing has wiped out much of the world's fish stocks."
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ETFs are mutual funds that trade on stock exchanges, just as stocks do."
        },
        {
          "text": "He invests 85% of his money in bonds and 15% in stocks."
        },
        {
          "text": "The S&P 500 index, which tracks stocks in all sectors of the economy, remains virtually unchanged."
        },
        {
          "text": "The prices for all three stocks are likely to decline."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stock is a share in a public company."
      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I think we have five more in stock."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is in stock it is at the store and available for sale."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry, we're all out of stock."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is out of stock it is not at the store and available for sale."
      ],
      "id": "simple-stock-en-noun-1Ns3L~U0"
    },
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        {
          "text": "Add a cup of chicken stock and half a cup of cream and cook for 10 minutes."
        }
      ],
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        "Stock is a basic soup made from boiling meat, bones, or vegetables."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "If you take stock of a situation, you think about it and plan what to do next."
      ],
      "id": "simple-stock-en-noun-vHpxH~ly"
    }
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    },
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    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-stock.ogg",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "stork",
        "stalk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stock"
}

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      "form": "stocked",
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    {
      "form": "stocked",
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          "text": "They are expensive, and most stores won't stock them."
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    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've stocked the fridge with beer for the party."
        }
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        "If you stock x with y, you fill x with y."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Residents there are stocking up on food and water for the winter."
        }
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          "text": "The car's engine, tires, brakes and steering are all stock."
        },
        {
          "text": "The stories are boring and rely on stock characters."
        },
        {
          "text": "Just get any stock photo of a business meeting."
        }
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        {
          "text": "It depend on where the store got its stock from."
        },
        {
          "text": "Storms cause a great deal of damage to the nation's housing stock."
        },
        {
          "text": "Going out of business! All stock must be sold."
        },
        {
          "text": "They kept a stock of food in the basement."
        },
        {
          "text": "Publishing such experiments adds to our stock of knowledge."
        },
        {
          "text": "Police found a stock of weapons in the house."
        },
        {
          "text": "I asked the stock boy where to find the juice."
        },
        {
          "text": "Overfishing has wiped out much of the world's fish stocks."
        }
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        "Countable nouns"
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        {
          "text": "ETFs are mutual funds that trade on stock exchanges, just as stocks do."
        },
        {
          "text": "He invests 85% of his money in bonds and 15% in stocks."
        },
        {
          "text": "The S&P 500 index, which tracks stocks in all sectors of the economy, remains virtually unchanged."
        },
        {
          "text": "The prices for all three stocks are likely to decline."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stock is a share in a public company."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I think we have five more in stock."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is in stock it is at the store and available for sale."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry, we're all out of stock."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If something is out of stock it is not at the store and available for sale."
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Add a cup of chicken stock and half a cup of cream and cook for 10 minutes."
        }
      ],
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        "Stock is a basic soup made from boiling meat, bones, or vegetables."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you take stock of a situation, you think about it and plan what to do next."
      ]
    }
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    {
      "audio": "en-us-stock.ogg",
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        "US"
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    {
      "homophones": [
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    }
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  "word": "stock"
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        "singular"
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    {
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        {
          "text": "They are expensive, and most stores won't stock them."
        }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "I've stocked the fridge with beer for the party."
        }
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      ],
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        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Residents there are stocking up on food and water for the winter."
        }
      ],
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      ]
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "stock"
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          "text": "The car's engine, tires, brakes and steering are all stock."
        },
        {
          "text": "The stories are boring and rely on stock characters."
        },
        {
          "text": "Just get any stock photo of a business meeting."
        }
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