Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

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Run :: Run (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run..
Actionist :: Actionist (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.
Foot :: Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..
Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..
Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like..
Stag :: Stag (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange..
Overstock :: Overstock (v. t.) To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle..
Bull Brier :: Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier..
Footing :: Footing (n.) The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking..
Stirpiculture :: Stirp (n.) Stock; race; family.
Shekel :: Shekel (n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Birthroot :: Birthroot (n.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties..
Margin :: Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc..
Family :: Family (v. t.) Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family..
Cognate :: Cognate (a.) Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language..
Call :: Call (n.) The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on..
Railway :: Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver..
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