Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former

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Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
Beet :: Beet (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Linen :: Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking..
Clock :: Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking..
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
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..
Security :: Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities..
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..
Pentrough :: Pentrough (n.) A penstock.
Store :: Store (v. t.) To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time..
Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..
Stocking :: Stocking (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A race or variety in a species.
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..
Over :: Over (adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
Struggled :: Strude (n.) A stock of breeding mares.
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..
Herd :: Herd (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle..
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