Dictionary entry details
• STOCK (noun)
Meaning:
The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
capital; working capital (assets available for use in the production of further assets)
Meronyms (parts of "stock"):
share (any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
common shares; common stock; ordinary shares (stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections)
watered stock (stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital)
voting stock (shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights)
reacquired stock; treasury shares; treasury stock (stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends)
quarter stock (stock with a par value of $25/share)
authorized shares; authorized stock; capital stock (the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation)
hot issue; hot stock (newly issued stock that is in great public demand)
growth stock (stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to)
control stock (shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest)
common stock equivalent (preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock)
float (the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public)
preference shares; preferred shares; preferred stock (stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights)
no-par stock; no-par-value stock (stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate)
Meaning:
Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
broth; stock
Context example:
she made gravy with a base of beef stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
soup (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
stock cube (a cube of dehydrated stock)
chicken broth; chicken stock (a stock made with chicken)
beef broth; beef stock (a stock made with beef)
liquor; pot likker; pot liquor (the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked)
Meaning:
The merchandise that a shop has on hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
inventory; stock
Context examples:
they carried a vast inventory of hardware / they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Meaning:
A supply of something available for future use
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
fund; store; stock
Context example:
he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
seed stock (a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting)
government issue; issue; military issue (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)
provision (a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms))
cache; hoard; stash (a secret store of valuables or money)
base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)
Meaning:
Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
farm animal; livestock; stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Domain member category:
carry (be able to feed)
Meaning:
The descendants of one individual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
pedigree; bloodline; blood line; lineage; ancestry; stemma; line of descent; blood; parentage; origin; stock; descent; line
Context example:
his entire lineage has been warriors
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
side (a family line of descent)
breed (a special lineage)
family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gunstock; stock
Context example:
the rifle had been fitted with a special stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
pistol grip (a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol)
Holonyms ("stock" is a part of...):
handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)
machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)
Meaning:
The reputation and popularity a person has
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
reputation; repute (the state of being held in high esteem and honor)
Meaning:
A special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
breed; strain; stock
Context examples:
he experimented on a particular breed of white rats / he created a new strain of sheep
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
animal group (a group of animals)
variety ((biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
bloodstock (thoroughbred horses (collectively))
pedigree (line of descent of a purebred animal)
Holonyms ("stock" is a member of...):
species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)
Meaning:
Lumber used in the construction of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
lumber; timber (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)
Meaning:
A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
stock certificate; stock
Context example:
the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
share (any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate)
Meaning:
Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Malcolm stock; stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("stock" is a member of...):
genus Malcolmia; Malcolmia (genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan)
Meaning:
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
rootstock (root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots)
Meaning:
Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
gillyflower; stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
brompton stock; Matthiola incana (European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("stock" is a member of...):
genus Matthiola; Matthiola (genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals)
Meaning:
The handle end of some implements or tools
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
he grabbed the cue by the stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
bitstock; brace (a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring)
butt; butt end (thick end of the handle)
Holonyms ("stock" is a part of...):
cue; cue stick; pool cue; pool stick (sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards)
fishing pole; fishing rod (a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line)
whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)
Meaning:
Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
caudex; stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Meaning:
An ornamental white cravat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
neckcloth; stock
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
cravat (neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front)
• STOCK (adjective)
Meaning:
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Synonyms:
trite; timeworn; threadbare; stock; banal; old-hat; hackneyed; well-worn; shopworn; tired; commonplace
Context examples:
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'
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Meaning:
Routine
Context example:
a stock answer
Similar:
standard (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind)
Meaning:
Regularly and widely used or sold
Synonyms:
stock; standard
Context examples:
a standard size / a stock item
Similar:
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
• STOCK (verb)
Meaning:
Have on hand
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
stock; stockpile; carry
Context example:
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Equip with a stock
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
stock a rifle
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Supply with fish
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
stock a lake
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Supply with livestock
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
stock a farm
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Stock up on to keep for future use or sale
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
buy in; stock
Context example:
let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stock"):
overstock (stock excessively)
understock (stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Provide or furnish with a stock of something
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
stock the larder with meat
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stock"):
plant (place into a river)
restock (stock again)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They stock the lake with fish
Meaning:
Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sprout; stock
Context example:
the plant sprouted early this year
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
