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What (who) is Stock - definition

COLLECTIVE FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF A SHARED CORPORATION
Equities; Equity security; Equity securities; Stocks and Shares; Stocks and shares; Stock (finance); Cash equity; Corporate stocks; Company stock
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  • A stockbroker using multiple screens to stay up to date on trading

stock         
I. n.
1.
Trunk (of a tree), stipe, stalk, stem.
2.
Post, pillar, block, log.
3.
Dolt, dullard, dunce, blockhead, fool, block, stick, dunderhead, numskull, loggerhead, clod.
4.
Handle (of an instrument), haft.
5.
Cravat, neckcloth.
6.
Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family, line, descent, house.
7.
Capital, fund, invested property, principal.
8.
Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve.
9.
Live-stock, domestic animals (on a farm).
II. v. a.
1.
Store, supply, furnish, fill.
2.
Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by, lay up.
III. a.
Standard, permanent, standing.
stock         
¦ noun
1. a supply of goods or materials available for sale or use.
2. farm animals bred and kept for their meat or milk; livestock.
3. the capital raised by a company through the issue and subscription of shares.
(usu. stocks) a portion of this as held by an individual or group as an investment.
securities issued by the government in fixed units with a fixed rate of interest.
4. water in which bones, meat, fish, or vegetables have been slowly simmered.
the raw material from which a specified commodity can be manufactured.
5. a person's ancestry or line of descent.
a breed, variety, or population of an animal or plant.
6. the trunk or woody stem of a tree or shrub, especially one into which a graft (scion) is inserted.
the perennial part of a herbaceous plant, especially a rhizome.
7. a plant cultivated for its fragrant flowers, typically lilac, pink, or white. [Genus Matthiola: several species.]
8. (the stocks) [treated as sing. or plural] historical an instrument of punishment consisting of a wooden structure with holes for securing a person's feet and hands, in which criminals were locked and exposed to public ridicule or assault.
9. the part of a rifle or other firearm to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached.
the crossbar of an anchor.
the handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
10. a band of white material tied like a cravat and worn as a part of formal horse-riding dress.
a piece of black material worn under a clerical collar.
11. (stocks) a frame used to support a ship or boat when out of water.
¦ adjective
1. usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.
2. constantly recurring; conventional or stereotyped: the stock characters in every cowboy film.
¦ verb
1. have or keep a stock of.
provide or fill with a stock of something.
(stock up) amass stocks of something.
2. fit (a rifle or other firearm) with a stock.
Phrases
in (or out of) stock available (or unavailable) for immediate sale or use.
on the stocks in construction or preparation.
put stock in have a specified amount of belief or faith in: I don't put much stock in modern medicine.
take stock make an overall assessment of a particular situation.
Derivatives
stockless adjective
Origin
OE stoc(c) 'trunk, block of wood, post', of Gmc origin.
stock         
(stocks, stocking, stocked)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid. (BUSINESS)
...the buying and selling of stocks and shares...
N-COUNT: usu pl
2.
A company's stock is the amount of money which the company has through selling shares. (BUSINESS)
Two years later, when Compaq went public, their stock was valued at $38 million...
N-UNCOUNT: usu poss N
3.
If a shop stocks particular goods, it keeps a supply of them to sell.
The shop stocks everything from cigarettes to recycled loo paper.
VERB: no cont, V n
4.
A shop's stock is the total amount of goods which it has available to sell.
We took the decision to withdraw a quantity of stock from sale.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
If you stock something such as a cupboard, shelf, or room, you fill it with food or other things.
I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store...
Some families stocked their cellars with food and water...
The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup.
VERB: V n, V n with n, V-ed
Stock up means the same as stock
.
I had to stock the boat up with food...
Start planning for Christmas now by stocking up the freezer with some festive dishes.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P with n, V P n (not pron) with n
6.
If you have a stock of things, you have a supply of them stored in a place ready to be used.
Stocks of ammunition were running low.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n
7.
The stock of something is the total amount of it that is available in a particular area. (mainly BRIT)
...the stock of accommodation available to be rented.
N-SING: with supp
8.
If you are from a particular stock, you are descended from a particular group of people. (FORMAL)
We are both from working class stock.
N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N
9.
Stock are cattle, sheep, pigs, or other animals which are kept by a farmer, usually ones which have been specially bred.
I am carefully selecting the breeding stock...
= livestock
N-PLURAL
10.
A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new.
My boss had a stock response-'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'...
= standard
ADJ: ADJ n
11.
Stock is a liquid, usually made by boiling meat, bones, or vegetables in water, that is used to give flavour to soups and sauces.
N-MASS
12.
13.
If goods are in stock, a shop has them available to sell. If they are out of stock, it does not.
Check that your size is in stock...
Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
14.
If you take stock, you pause to think about all the aspects of a situation or event before deciding what to do next.
It was time to take stock of the situation...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of n
15.
lock, stock, and barrel: see barrel

Wikipedia

Stock

In finance, stock (also capital stock) consist of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. (Especially in American English, the word "stocks" is also used to refer to shares.) A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporation in proportion to the total number of shares. This typically entitles the shareholder (stockholder) to that fraction of the company's earnings, proceeds from liquidation of assets (after discharge of all senior claims such as secured and unsecured debt), or voting power, often dividing these up in proportion to the amount of money each stockholder has invested. Not all stock is necessarily equal, as certain classes of stock may be issued for example without voting rights, with enhanced voting rights, or with a certain priority to receive profits or liquidation proceeds before or after other classes of shareholders.

Stock can be bought and sold privately or on stock exchanges, and such transactions are typically heavily regulated by governments to prevent fraud, protect investors, and benefit the larger economy. The stocks are deposited with the depositories in the electronic format also known as Demat account. As new shares are issued by a company, the ownership and rights of existing shareholders are diluted in return for cash to sustain or grow the business. Companies can also buy back stock, which often lets investors recoup the initial investment plus capital gains from subsequent rises in stock price. Stock options issued by many companies as part of employee compensation do not represent ownership, but represent the right to buy ownership at a future time at a specified price. This would represent a windfall to the employees if the option is exercised when the market price is higher than the promised price, since if they immediately sold the stock they would keep the difference (minus taxes).

Examples of use of Stock
1. It currently lies behind the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq stock market and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2. The Moscow Stock Exchange, Yekaterinburg Stock Exchange and the Siberian Stock Exchange in Novosibirsk were the other three.
3. The stock market, which had opened on a firm note, later lost over 167 points on Bombay Stock Exchange after news of IT raids on stock brokers.
4. "Allen should dump his Barr stock." The dispute about the stock comes two weeks after another fight over stock holdings in the increasingly divisive Senate race.
5. In 2001, when the U.S. economy and stock markets slumped, so did the Mexican stock market.