Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A list, published daily or periodically in connection with a stock-exchange, enumerating the leading stocks dealt in, the prices current, the actual transactions, etc.
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Examples
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As compared with the quotations current on the eve of Kenyon Cox & Co. 's failure, the stock-list showed a decline of from twelve to thirty per cent.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 Various
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He was on the stock-list, and being black, could give no certification of his freedom, and would only have been laughed at if he had.
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A month or two after I perceived by the stock-list that Catamount had taken a bound; before afternoon "thim stock" were worth a quite considerable pot of money; and I learned, upon inquiry, that a bonanza had been found in a condemned lead, and the mine was now expected to do wonders.
The Wrecker 1898
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He put on his spectacles, and spread out the paper in his shaking hands, and scrutinized the stock-list eagerly, but he could not find what he wanted.
The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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It was long since the "Golden Hope" had been quoted in the stock-list, but the next morning Andrew purchased a morning paper.
The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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Still, day after day, the bears kept clawing down, and Jack watched the stock-list with increasing eagerness.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Before we can safely reorganize we must not only examine the hearts but the stock-list.
Little Journey in the World Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Still, day after day, the bears kept clawing down, and Jack watched the stock-list with increasing eagerness.
The Golden House Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Before we can safely reorganize we must not only examine the hearts but the stock-list.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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She will annoy you by looking over the stock-list at breakfast time; and mention quite carelessly to your clients, that she is interested in such, or such a speculation.
"Smoke, Flame and Ashes" pseud. Ik Marvel 1850
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