Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..

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Contango :: Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day..
Contribute :: Contribute (v. t.) To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor..
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking..
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum..
Contribution :: Contribution (n.) That which is contributed; -- either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of individuals..
Bud :: Bud (v. i.) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn..
Bear :: Bear (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk..
Yankee :: Yankee (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States..
Branch :: Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store..
Stock :: Stocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoc.
Hydrastine :: Hydrastine (n.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge..
Linen :: Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking..
Launch :: Launch (n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built..
Penstock :: Penstock (n.) The barrel of a wooden pump.
Inarch :: Inarch (v. t.) To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
Listing :: Listing (n.) The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange..
Whipgraft :: Whipgraft (v. t.) To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting..
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