Antonyms for take stock in
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : stok |
Phonetic Transcription : stÉ’k |
- abandon
- abstain
- be honest
- blackball
- calculate
- cancel
- cease
- decline
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discard
- discredit
- dislike
- dispute
- disregard
- drop
- forget
- forsake
- halt
- hate
- ignore
- know
- leave
- let go
- measure
- mistrust
- misunderstand
- neglect
- not believe
- not buy
- not subscribe
- quit
- refuse
- reject
- release
- renege
- renounce
- repudiate
- stop
Definition of take stock in
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."
- As in accept : verb believe the goodness, realness of something
- As in suppose : verb believe
- As in posit : verb suppose
- As in credit : verb believe, depend on
- As in hold : verb believe
Synonyms for take stock in
- accept
- acknowledge
- affirm
- approbate
- approve
- assume
- aver
- bank on
- be afraid
- bet bottom dollar
- buy
- conceive
- conclude
- conjecture
- consider
- countenance
- credit
- cross one's heart
- deem
- dream
- entertain
- esteem
- expect
- fall for
- fancy
- favor
- feel
- gather
- go for
- hand it to one
- have a hunch
- have faith in
- have hunch
- have sneaking suspicion
- hold
- hold with
- hypothesize
- imagine
- judge
- lap up
- lay money on
- like
- maintain
- okay
- pat on back
- postulate
- premise
- presume
- presuppose
- pretend
- reckon
- recognize
- regard
- relish
- rely on
- sense
- set store by
- suspect
- swallow
- swear by
- swear up and down
- take
- take as gospel truth
- take stock in
- think
- trust
- understand
- view
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