stock
/stɒk//stɑk/noun
Definitions
A store or supply.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
Stock theater, summer stock theater.
verb
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To have on hand for sale.
Example: The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
Example: to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
To put in the stocks as punishment.
adjective
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Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Example: stock items
(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.
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
Example: He gave me a stock answer