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stock

/stɒk/
noun
  1. A store or supply.

  2. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

  3. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.

Synonymsrudder stock, livestock, card stock, rootstock, understock, rolling stock
verb
  1. To have on hand for sale.

    "The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables."

  2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.

    "to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools"

  3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

adjective
  1. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.

    "stock items"

  2. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

  3. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

    "He gave me a stock answer"

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