Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See stock, 12.
Wiktionary
- n. plurale tantum A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
- n. Plural form of stock.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stock.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod
- n. a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
- n. a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked
Examples
“Savings invested in stocks is generally a good thing.”
Consumption Tax?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“But Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co., cautioned that a VIX below 20 doesn't mean a pullback in stocks is imminent.”
The Wall Street Journal: Time to Fear the VIX? Stocks' Run-Up Suggests So
“One of the great truths about investing in stocks is that you should never get attached to one of them, because the sucker can lose all its value and cost you a bundle.”
Breaking Up is Hard to Do (With apologies to Neil Sedaka. Remember Neil Sadaka?)
“Although the term stocks suggests finiteness (which is ultimately correct), the accessible portion depends on technology and on the future demand for that resource.”
“•Multicap: Can invest in stocks of any size company.”
“•Mixed-asset target (MXX): Invest in stocks, bonds, money market securities.”
“T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055, for example, has 88.8% of its portfolio in stocks, 8.1% in bonds, and the balance in money market securities, or cash.”
“You can buy ETFs that invest in stocks, bonds and commodities — as well as a few ETFs run by active managers.”
“Said Fama, "Beta as the sole variable in explaining returns on stocks is dead.”
“Our collective savings are the funds available for investing in stocks, bonds and other securities that allow businesses access to the capital they need to grow.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stocks’.
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ITRE - energy - general terms
above-market cost, access charge, actual peak load ..., affiliate, affiliated power ..., after-market, aggregation, aggregator, Alternating Curre..., Ampere, ancillary services, annual effects and 453 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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PECH - general terms
access to resources, aquaponics, aquatic, benthic zone, biological recovery, biological recove..., auction, authorized catch, allocation key, carry-over aid, catch certificate, catch declaration and 153 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Economics
a sound economic ..., Essential commodi..., Inflationary expe..., Stocks and flows ..., A flow - поток, Flow accounts - с..., Stock accounts - ..., A balance sheet -..., Assets - активы, Liabilities - пас..., The profit-and-lo..., A revenue - выручка and 69 more...
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Stocks and Bonds
stock, bond, stocks and bonds, stockyard, bail bonds, Gary U.S. Bonds, James Bond, stockade, lock, stock and b..., bondmaid, bonded warehouse, bondsman and 57 more...
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Evocative smells
They remind me of a particular time, place, or activity
cigar smoke, apples, tea roses, wild roses, lysol, shoe polish, linseed oil, school house, coal dust, mock orange, chlorine, violets and 116 more...
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portablec's Words
jawbreaker, narnad, pax, chaw, vealpie, saltherring, decisive, rummaged, raggedy, trifle, scribblement, numskull and 50 more...
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A Return of Cloathing, Provisions and...
Several of these words may seem misspelled. I copied them that way from the primary source in which I found the list: Salem Gazette, Thursday, Nov. 29, 1781.
The first line in the arti...coats, breeches, shoes, hats, blankets, overalls, mills, bed-cases, pillow-cases, sheets, jackets, caps and 45 more...
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Piping
tailback, blowpipe, valve, drone, chanter, bag, skeepskin, pipe banner, bag seasoning, stocks, reed, henderson and 49 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for stocks.
chained_bear Captured at Yorktown, "1030 black stocks." These were neck-stocks, similar to today's neckties in that both are men's accessories tied around the neck over the shirt. Stocks were not, however, shaped or tied the same way neckties are, and were usually made out of simple linen. Black stocks were worn mostly by men in the military. Oct 29, 2007