stocks
/stɒks//stɑks/noun
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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.
noun
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A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
noun
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A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.