STOCK
What does "STOCK" mean?
A supply of goods kept on hand for sale or use.
Meanings
- The goods or merchandise kept available by a business. The store ran out of stock before the holidays.
- A share in the ownership of a company; capital raised by issuing such shares. She bought stock in a renewable-energy firm.
- A savoury liquid made by simmering bones, meat, or vegetables, used as a cooking base. Add a cup of chicken stock to the risotto.
- Farm animals raised for use or profit; livestock. The drought left little water for the stock.
- To supply or fill with goods or a supply of something. We stocked the cabin with firewood before winter.
- Kept regularly in supply; standard or commonly used. He gave the same stock answer to every question.
Did you know?
- The whole idea of buying stock traces to 1602, when the Dutch East India Company became the first business to sell tradable shares to the general public on an open exchange.
Word origin
From Old English 'stocc' meaning a tree trunk or log; the sense widened to a fixed store, then to a fund or capital, and finally to company shares.
Remember it
STOCK began as a wooden STOCK - a tree trunk - which is why your wealth can still be 'rooted' in shares.
A little poem
It started as a stump, a thing cut down,
then grew to mean a fortune, soup, a herd-
one log became the root of half the world.
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Wordplay
- I asked the chef for stock tips. He gave me a recipe and a phone number for his broker.
What it teaches
From a single chopped tree the word grew to mean soup, shares, and herds - reach starts at the stump.
Quick facts
What does STOCK mean?
A supply of goods kept on hand for sale or use.
Is STOCK a valid word?
Yes — STOCK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STOCK?
STOCK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STOCK come from?
From Old English 'stocc' meaning a tree trunk or log; the sense widened to a fixed store, then to a fund or capital, and finally to company shares.
What can STOCK teach us?
From a single chopped tree the word grew to mean soup, shares, and herds - reach starts at the stump.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.