stock
Shares or supply
Most of the varied and frequently encountered meanings of stock can be related in some way to the notion of supply and property.
The stock in a stock exchange is nominal ownership in companies.
The stock of a retail business is the supply of goods it has for sale, and the stock of a rancher is all of her live animals.
A stock of housing is the amount of it available for use.
The verb meanings of stock mainly have to do with products and retail trade: if you stock the shelves, you fill them with goods.
A seller who stocks a particular item offers it for sale and has it on hand.
If you stock up on something, you get a supply of it.
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
trading · investor · market · capital · ownership · corporation · stake · assets
Cooked liquid dish
- consomméClarified, concentrated stock
- bouillonClear seasoned broth
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- simmerCook just under boiling
bones · vegetables · herbs · umami · savory · mirepoix · aromatic · reduction
Bulk goods storage building
- goodsThings for sale
- supplyFurnish or stock
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- storageSpace for keeping goods
replenishment · merchandise · surplus · backstock · reorder · quantity · wholesale · retail
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
descendant · breeding · family · roots · parentage · heredity · progenitor · forebears
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- herdGrazing animals together
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
ranch · farm · breeding · husbandry · grazing · dairy · feedlot · auction
Level of quality accepted
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
- ready-madePrepared in advance, standardized
- off-the-shelfPrepackaged and ready-to-use
conventional · generic · typical · routine · boilerplate
Firearm's rear grip piece
- buttstockFirearm's shoulder piece
- gripSecure manual hold
- woodenMade from timber
- walnutEdible hard-shelled seed
synthetic · shoulder · cheekpiece · recoil pad · fore-end · thumbhole · pistol grip
Wood for construction
- planksFlat construction lumber pieces
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- beamsRays or supports
- studsStructural wall timbers
sawmill · hardwood · softwood · framing · plywood · raw material · woodworking · milling
Collection of prepared works
- theaterVenue for live drama
- rotationTurning on an axis
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- troupeTraveling group of performers
ensemble · production · revival · stagecraft · playhouse · resident · seasonal · performance
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
exchange · trading · investor · market · capital · ownership · corporation · stake · assets · NASDAQ
soup
Cooked liquid dish
simmer · bones · vegetables · herbs · umami · savory · mirepoix · aromatic · reduction · gelatin
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
storage · replenishment · merchandise · surplus · backstock · reorder · quantity · wholesale · retail · distributor
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
pedigree · descendant · breeding · family · roots · parentage · heredity · progenitor · forebears · extraction
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
poultry · ranch · farm · breeding · husbandry · grazing · dairy · feedlot · auction · agriculture
standard
Level of quality accepted
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
- ready-madePrepared in advance, standardized
off-the-shelf · conventional · generic · typical · routine · boilerplate
gunstock
Firearm's rear grip piece
walnut · synthetic · shoulder · cheekpiece · recoil pad · fore-end · thumbhole · pistol grip
timber
Wood for construction
studs · sawmill · hardwood · softwood · framing · plywood · raw material · woodworking · milling · building material
repertory
Collection of prepared works
troupe · ensemble · production · revival · stagecraft · playhouse · resident · seasonal · performance · touring
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- corporatecorporation, CEO, office, CFO, cubicle
- culinary artsflavor, aroma, seasoning, sauce, roasting
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
stockoriginal
First or inventive
custom · customized · unique · unconventional · distinctive
- out of stockInventory exhausted
- in stockAvailable for sale
- stock marketSecurities trading venue
- stock upAcquire in quantity
- Christmas stockingFestive gift container hung up
- take stockAssess current circumstances
stocks, stocky, livestock, stockings, stocking, stockpile, stocked, stoke, stock company