Antonyms for stock
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : stok |
| Phonetic Transcription : stÉ’k |
Definition of stock
Origin :- Old English stocc "stump, post, stake, tree trunk, log," also "pillory" (usually plural, stocks), from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz "tree trunk" (cf. Old Norse stokkr "block of wood, trunk of a tree," Old Saxon, Old Frisian stok, Middle Dutch stoc "tree trunk, stump," Dutch stok "stick, cane," Old High German stoc "tree trunk, stick," German Stock "stick, cane;" also Dutch stuk, German Stück "piece"), from PIE *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)).
- Meaning "ancestry, family" (late 14c.) is a figurative use of the "tree trunk" sense (cf. family tree). This is also the root of the meaning "heavy part of a tool," and "part of a rifle held against the shoulder" (1540s). Stock, lock, and barrel "the whole of a thing" is recorded from 1817. Meaning "framework on which a boat was constructed" (early 15c.) led to figurative phrase on stocks "planned and commenced" (1660s). Stock-still (late 15c.) is literally "as still as a tree trunk."
- adj commonplace
- noun merchandise
- noun animals raised on a farm
- noun ancestry
- noun investment in company
- noun estimation, faith
- verb supply with merchandise
- How are they to employ the day, or what inducement have they to employ it, in recruiting their stock of health?
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- (b) What disposal should be made of meat from which stock is made?
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- (a) Explain in full the meaning of stock as applied to soup.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Mention some of the materials that may be put into the stock pot.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- And Ford, they are of a south Saxon stock, and of good repute.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Heat the stock or cream and add to the mixture in the saucepan.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- But I'm not taking any stock in that burglar story—not a little bit!
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Princes and kings are brought there every day, and they are of as good a stock as your physicians.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Lauzanne is a maiden, and Porter doesn't often make a mistake about any of his own stock.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- When he woke early in the morning, he had to hurry to his stock.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Synonyms for stock
- accumulate
- accumulation
- amass
- animals
- appraisal
- appraisement
- array
- articles
- assessment
- assets
- assortment
- background
- backlog
- banal
- basic
- beasts
- blue chips
- bonds
- breed
- cache
- capital
- carry
- cattle
- choice
- clan
- commodities
- common
- confidence
- conventional
- convertible
- count
- cows
- customary
- deal in
- dependence
- descent
- domestic
- dull
- equip
- established
- estimate
- evaluation
- extraction
- family
- farm animals
- figure
- fill
- flock
- folk
- forebears
- formal
- fowl
- fund
- funds
- furnish
- gather
- goods
- hackneyed
- handle
- have
- herd
- hoard
- hogs
- hope
- horses
- house
- inventory
- judgment
- keep
- keep on hand
- kin
- kindred
- lay in
- line
- line of descent
- lineage
- livestock
- nest egg
- normal
- ordinary
- over-the-counter
- overused
- paper
- parentage
- pedigree
- pharmacopoeia
- pigs
- produce
- property
- provide
- provision
- put away
- race
- range
- regular
- reliance
- reserve
- reservoir
- review
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- save
- selection
- sell
- set
- share
- sheep
- species
- standard
- staple
- stereotyped
- stockpile
- store
- stow away
- strain
- supply
- swine
- trade in
- traditional
- tribe
- trite
- trust
- type
- typical
- usual
- variety
- wares
- worn-out
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