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Noun stock has 17 senses
- stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
--1 is a kind of instrument of punishment; capital, working capital; instrument of punishment; capital, working capital
--1 has part: share
--1 has particulars: | common stock, common shares, ordinary shares; no-par-value stock, no-par stock; preferred stock, preferred shares, preference shares; float; common stock equivalent; control stock; growth stock; hot stock, hot issue; authorized shares, authorized stock, capital stock; quarter stock; treasury stock, treasury shares, reacquired stock; voting stock; watered stock |
- broth, stock - liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
--2 is a kind of soup; soup
--2 has particulars:
- stock, inventory - the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
--3 is a kind of merchandise, wares, product; merchandise, wares, product
- store, stock, fund - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
--4 is a kind of accumulation; accumulation
--4 has particulars:
- livestock, stock, farm animal - not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
--5 is a kind of placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal; placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
- lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
--6 is a kind of genealogy, family tree; genealogy, family tree
--6 has particulars:
- stock, gunstock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
--7 is a kind of handle, grip, handgrip, hold; support; handle, grip, handgrip, hold; support
--7 is a part of
--7 has particulars: pistol grip
- stock - the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
--8 is a kind of repute, reputation; repute, reputation
- breed, strain, stock - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
--9 is a kind of variety; animal group; variety; animal group
--9 is a member of species
--9 has particulars: bloodstock; pedigree
- stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
--10 is a kind of lumber, timber; lumber, timber
- stock certificate, stock - a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
--11 is a kind of security, certificate; security, certificate
--11 has particulars: share
- Malcolm stock, stock - any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
--12 is a kind of flower; flower
--12 is a member of Malcolmia, genus Malcolmia
- stock - a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
--13 is a kind of plant part, plant structure; plant part, plant structure
--13 has particulars: rootstock
- stock, gillyflower - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
--14 is a kind of flower; flower
--14 is a member of Matthiola, genus Matthiola
--14 has particulars: brompton stock, Matthiola incana
- stock - the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
--15 is a kind of handle, grip, handgrip, hold; handle, grip, handgrip, hold
--15 is a part of
--15 has particulars: brace, bitstock; butt, butt end
- stock, caudex - persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
--16 is a kind of stalk, stem; stalk, stem
- neckcloth, stock - an ornamental white cravat
--17 is a kind of cravat; cravat
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