What is the meaning of stocks?

noun

• The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity. )
  • usage: "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
  • synonyms: stock
• The merchandise that a shop has on hand.
  • usage: "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
  • synonyms: stock, inventory
• 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.
  • usage: "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
  • synonyms: stock, gunstock
• A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation.
  • usage: "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
  • synonyms: stock certificate, stock
• A supply of something available for future use.
  • usage: "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
  • synonyms: store, stock, fund
• The descendants of one individual.
  • usage: "his entire lineage has been warriors"
  • synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
• A special variety of domesticated animals within a species.
  • usage: "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
  • synonyms: breed, strain, stock
• Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e. G. Soups or sauces.
  • usage: "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
  • synonyms: broth, stock
• The reputation and popularity a person has.
  • usage: "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
  • synonyms: stock
• Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant.
  • synonyms: stock, caudex
• A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants.
  • synonyms: stock
• Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers.
  • synonyms: stock, gillyflower
• Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia.
  • synonyms: Malcolm stock, stock
• Lumber used in the construction of something.
  • usage: "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
  • synonyms: stock
• The handle end of some implements or tools.
  • usage: "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
  • synonyms: stock
• An ornamental white cravat.
  • synonyms: neckcloth, stock
• Any animals kept for use or profit.
  • synonyms: livestock, stock, farm animal
• A frame that supports a boat while it is under construction.
• A frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod.
• A former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked.

verb

• Have on hand.
  • usage: "Do you carry kerosene heaters"
  • synonyms: stock, carry, stockpile
• Equip with a stock.
  • usage: "stock a rifle"
  • synonyms: stock
• Supply with fish.
  • usage: "stock a lake"
  • synonyms: stock
• Supply with livestock.
  • usage: "stock a farm"
  • synonyms: stock
• Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.
  • usage: "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
  • synonyms: stock, buy in, stock up
• Provide or furnish with a stock of something.
  • usage: "stock the larder with meat"
  • synonyms: stock
• Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.
  • usage: "the plant sprouted early this year"
  • synonyms: sprout, stock