stock
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,990 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,023 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand also: inventory they carried a vast inventory of hardwarethey stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
- 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 also: gunstock the rifle had been fitted with a special stock
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation also: stock certificate the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
- a supply of something available for future use also: store, fund he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
- the descendants of one individual also: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line his entire lineage has been warriors
stock in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But Father Peter took no stock in the astrologer.
The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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The stock of the Continental Express Company will fall like a house of cards.
The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1
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His pretensions to literature were, I should say, bounded by his Stock Exchange notebook and his betting-book.
Pearl of Pearl Island · John Oxenham · Chapter 1
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There were only eleven of the original stock then alive, surrounded with a numerous offspring of children and grandchildren.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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I don't wonder they like him so well on the Stock Exchange: he probably initiates new members and makes them ride goats.
The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1