Stock | Definition of Stock With 30 Examples

Definition of stock from Definition World

Noun: the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Adjective: (of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Verb: have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Examples

01. Not only is the film a technically impressive feat, the plot so far suggests a certain cleverness on a higher level than a simple, stock genre flick.

02. These options give workers the right to buy shares of their company's stock at a set price in the future.

03. The Pace Phonograph Corporation's initial capital stock was $30,000.

04. Given license to formulate his subject matter, Goya turned to scenes of contemporary life, many of which featured stock types common in prints and theatre of his day.

05. In a few short years, EAW succeeded in developing stock products that regional and national sound companies could use right out of the carton.

06. The spokesman also did not reiterate the North's stock phrase that demands Washington drop its ‘hostile policy’.

07. My stock answer is that we get nanotech and build an active shield defense.

08. Having the most stations on a line and the most stock in a railroad pays off during the game, as well as at its end, and the player with the most money wins.

09. Here, priests had often lived well on their own tithes and extensive glebe, and they tended to be of local peasant stock, which was even more important than material considerations.

10. The Neo supersedes the current Deluxe model, though the latter is likely to be around until the end of the year, reflecting a higher level of stock in Handspring's warehouses.

11. His character - a stock role that he dons like a favorite suit - is meant to be emotionally shut down, pending his awakening by the cancerous Pete.

12. Chaucer, who came of London merchant stock, grew up in aristocratic and royal circles, and he was one of the most lionized and richly rewarded poets of any age.

13. Co-op stores around Swindon have been running low on stock after a regional distribution warehouse in Oxford was flooded.

14. Here is a method for manufacturing tape tab stock that may be used to produce tape tab fasteners for disposable absorbent articles

15. The chess-board was brought out, and Mr. Elliot, who wore a stock instead of a collar as a sign of convalescence, but was otherwise much as usual, challenged Mr. Pepper to a final contest.

16. Then the agitation stops and the soap stock settles to the bottom

17. Under the Autumn Licence Movement Scheme farmers can apply for permits to allow the movement of stock from farm to farm for welfare, breeding, and commercial purposes.

18. Attending rehearsals last night, I was pleased to note that ‘I came all the way from Cornwall for this’ has now become a stock phrase for when a scene falls slightly flat.

19. She said her former bosses added insult to injury by making them stay on until 5.30 pm and sell the remainder of the shop's stock for £1 an item.

20. If you cannot or do not wish to play, you draw a card from the undealt stock and add it to your hand.

21. The farm's land and the stock will be handed out to four neighbouring farmers and the buildings rented out either as homes or for commercial use.

22. The Federal Governments stock answer: We're spending more on Aboriginal health than ever before.

23. I was interested to read in your supplement on the Countryside about the low stock of fish in The River Aire.

24. He wore a stock which had been the last word of fashion at the time of the July revolution.

25. In any case, from that point onward, ‘homeland defense’ was a stock phrase in the vocabulary of national defense talk.

26. For the lobster, in a large saucepan, bring the fish stockto a boil.

27. We do not think this makes sense, considering that current sales are always marginal to the whole capital stock .

28. During these difficult times, he was faithfully supported and encouraged by his wife, who was descended from good Puritan stock .

29. Most stock exchanges track the short interest in each stock and issue reports at month's end.

30. They hold pink cyclamen, maidenhair fern, pink polka-dot plant, and fragrant pink stock .