English
Pronunciation
Noun
stock (countable and uncountable; plural stocks)
- A store of goods ready for sale.
- We have a stock of televisions on hand.
- A species of flower.
- A supply of anything ready for use.
- Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
- Farm animals or equipment.
- (also 'rolling stock) Railroad cars.
- (economics) A share of a company.
- The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (uncountable) Broth made from meat or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- A wide necktie popular in the 18th century.
- An estimate.
- He took stock of the situation.
Translations
store of goods for sale
species of flower
supply of anything ready for use
farm animals or equipment
rolling stock
See rolling stock
share of a company
part of gun
bar through an anchor
broth
necktie
estimate
Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable or wrong.
- Chinese: 股票
- Dutch: stock m (1), voorraad m (1, 3), aandeel n (5), actie f (5)
- French: réserve f (3)
- Frisian: oandiel (5)
- German: Kolben m (7)
- Indonesian: cadangan , logistik ?, saham , bursa ?
- Japanese: 備蓄 (びちく , bichiku), 株 (かぶ , kabu)
- Polish: asortyment m (1), zapas m (3), inwentaż m (4), akcja f, udział m (6), kolba f (7)
Transitive verb
to stock (stocked , stocking)
- To have on hand for sale.
- The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
Translations
have on hand for sale
- Dutch: voorradig zijn , in stock hebben , op stock houden
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Adjective
stock (no comparative or superlative)
- Normally available for purchase.
- stock items
- stock sizes
Translations
normally available for purchase
- Dutch: vooradig , voorradige , op stock , in voorraad
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Derived terms
See also
German
Noun
Stock m (Plural: Stocke , Diminutive: Stöckchen )
- stick, staff
- stock
- twig a (thin) branch of a tree
- tree trunk (with its roots)
- über Stock und Stein
- (also Bienenstock ) hive, beehive
- floor, storey (UK), story (US), level
- im dritten Stock - on the third floor
Prefix
stock-
- Used to emphasize emotion.
- stockbesoffen , stocksteif
See also
Swedish
Noun
stock c (plural stockar , definite singular stocken , definite plural stockarna )
- log (trunk of a dead tree)
- stock (of a gun)
