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What (who) is Stocks - definition
RESTRAINT AND PUNISHMENT DEVICE
Ankle/wrist stocks; Public stocks; Village stocks; The stocks
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![Stocks in the churchyard of St Mary's church, [[Honley]], [[West Yorkshire]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Honley stocks 312.jpg?width=200 "Stocks in the churchyard of St Mary's church, [[Honley]], [[West Yorkshire]].")
![Village stocks in [[Bramhall]], England.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Men in Bramhall stocks 1900.jpg?width=200 "Village stocks in [[Bramhall]], England.")
![The Stocks at [[Belstone]] in [[Dartmoor]], a Grade II listed monument.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stocks at Belstone.jpg?width=200 "The Stocks at [[Belstone]] in [[Dartmoor]], a Grade II listed monument.")
stocks
n.
shares on the stock market
(esp. AE; CE has shares) stocks close; open (did stocksclose strong or weak?)
stocks
n. pl.
1.
Funds (invested in joint-stock enterprises or in the obligations of a Government), public funds, public securities.
2.
Shares (in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a Government).
Wikipedia
Stocks
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Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. The law describing its use is cited by the orator Lysias: "“He shall have his foot confined in the stocks for five days, if the court shall make such addition to the sentence.” The “stocks” there mentioned, Theomnestus, are what we now call “confinement in the wood”" (Lys. 10.16)
Examples of use of Stocks
1. Only ' stocks witnessed gains, while 21 stocks moved down.
2. Technology stocks rose despite weakness from its bellwether stocks.
3. Out of 77 stocks, 51 stocks were trading higher while 24 were down yesterday.
4. Once that builds up, you can invest in stocks." Stocks come with their own hassles: fees.
5. Energy Department data expected to show gasoline stocks rose but crude stocks fell.