stock
English
/stɒk/, /stɑk/
noun
Definitions
- A store or supply.
- (finance) 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 Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
- Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
- A bar, stick or rod.
- A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (by extension) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
- (UK) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- (shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (UK) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English stocc (stock, stump) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (tree-trunk, stump, stock).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stukkaz
Gloss
tree-trunk, stump, stock
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leatherstocking English
- back English
- backstock English
- ball English
- ballstock English
- base English
- basestock English
- bed English
- bedstock English
- bestock English
- bit English
- bitstock English
- blend English
- blendstock English
- blood English
- bloodstock English
- bodystocking English
- boy English
- breeder English
- breeding English
- broker English
- brokerage English
- broking English
- brood English
- broodstock English
- bump stock English
- butt English
- buttstock English
- club English
- counterstock English
- cryostock English
- dead English
- deadstock English
- destock English
- die English
- diestock English
- dove English
- drill English
- drillstock English
- farm English
- farmstock English
- fat English
- fatstock English
- feed English
- feedstock English
- fish English
- forestock English
- gazing English
- gazingstock English
- girl English
- grower English
- gun English
- gunstock English
- gunstock war club English
- head English
- headstock English
- holder English
- holding English
- hoof English
- hoofstock English
- jesting English
- jesting-stock English
- jobber English
- keeper English
- lack English
- lackstock English
- laughing English
- laughing stock English
- laughingstock English
- list English
- live English
- livestock English
- macrostock English
- microstock English
- midstock English
- netherstock English
- netherstocking English
- nonlivestock English
- nonstock English
- nonstockholder English
- nonstockholding English
- overstock English
- picker English
- pile English
- pot English
- raw English
- rawstock English
- restock English
- restocker English
- rider English
- rolling English
- rollingstock English
- room English
- root English
- rootstock English
- rough English
- roughstock English
- rudder English
- rudderstock English
- shim English
- shimstock English
- soap English
- soapstock English
- stockable English
- stockade English
- stockage English
- stockboy English
- stockbreeder English
- stockbreeding English
- stockbroker English
- stockbrokerage English
- stockbroking English
- stockdove English
- stocker English
- stocketh English
- stockfeed English
- stockfish English
- stockgirl English
- stockgrower English
- stockholder English
- stockholding English
- stockily English
- stockiness English
- stocking English
- stockinged English
- stockinger English
- stockingfoot English
- stockingful English
- stockingless English
- stockingmaker English
- stockish English
- stockishly English
- stockishness English
- stockist English
- stockjobber English
- stockkeeper English
- stockless English
- stocklessness English
- stocklike English
- stocklist English
- stockman English
- stockmanship English
- stockpicker English
- stockpile English
- stockpiler English
- stockpot English
- stockrider English
- stockroom English
- stocktake English
- stocktaking English
- stockwhip English
- stockwoman English
- stocky English
- stockyard English
- superstock English
- tail English
- tailstock English
- take English
- taking English
- tip English
- tipstock English
- tool English
- toolstock English
- understock English
- unstock English
- unstockable English
- war English
- whip English
- whipstock English
- woman English
- wool English
- woolstock English
- word English
- word-stock English
- work English
- workstock English
- yard English
- young English
- youngstock English
- stock Italian
- stock Dutch, Flemish
- estocade French
- souche French
- stock French
- stockage French
- stocker French
- stock Spanish, Castilian
- estoque Portuguese
- *stukkaz Proto-Germanic
- ストッキング Japanese
- stocc Old English
- stokfissh Middle English
- stoca Irish
- stokkr Old Norse
- stok Indonesian
- stoc Middle Dutch
- stoc Old High German
- Afferstack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Eeërstack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Stack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- souche Middle French
- stok Old Dutch
- jito̧kin Marshallese
- takin Marshallese
- laipstok Tok Pisin
- soken Tok Pisin
- *'śokka Gaulish
- *tsukka Gaulish
- bit
- tip
- pot
- bed
- gun
- war
- boy
- raw
- fat
- die
- girl
- feed
- dove
- yard
- shim
- lack
- tail
- head
- tool
- live
- fish
- back
- pile
- wool
- club
- whip
- dead
- work
- room
- farm
- butt
- ball
- hoof
- take
- soap
- list
- root
- word
- base
- brood
- rough
- rider
- young
- woman
- blood
- drill
- blend
- holder
- taking
- gazing
- stocky
- grower
- keeper
- picker
- broker
- jobber
- rudder
- jesting
- rolling
- breeder
- restock
- destock
- bestock
- holding
- broking
- unstock
- stocker
- stockade
- stockish
- midstock
- fatstock
- gunstock
- laughing
- rawstock
- bedstock
- stockage
- bitstock
- stocketh
- breeding
- tipstock
- stockily
- stockpot
- stockist
- nonstock
- stockman
- stockboy
- diestock
- stocking
- farmstock
- headstock
- toolstock
- stocklist
- forestock
- whipstock
- soapstock
- stockpile
- stockgirl
- cryostock
- workstock
- brokerage
- deadstock
- restocker
- backstock
- stockfish
- stockroom
- overstock
- rootstock
- woolstock
- stockwhip
- livestock
- stockable
- stockfeed
- shimstock
- stocklike
- stockyard
- feedstock
- tailstock
- buttstock
- ballstock
- hoofstock
- lackstock
- stockless
- stocktake
- stockdove
- basestock
- understock
- superstock
- macrostock
- broodstock
- stockrider
- stockinger
- drillstock
- roughstock
- microstock
- bloodstock
- bump stock
- blendstock
- word-stock
- youngstock
- stockinged
- stockwoman
- stockiness
- stockpiler
- stockishly
- stockgrower
- netherstock
- unstockable
- rudderstock
- stocktaking
- stockholder
- gazingstock
- stockkeeper
- stockingful
- stockbroker
- stockpicker
- stockjobber
- rollingstock
- stockholding
- stockishness
- stockingfoot
- counterstock
- stockbroking
- stockingless
- stockbreeder
- bodystocking
- stockmanship
- nonlivestock
- stockingmaker
- stockbreeding
- stocklessness
- laughingstock
- jesting-stock
- netherstocking
- nonstockholder
- laughing stock
- stockbrokerage
- Leatherstocking
- nonstockholding
- gunstock war club