[ C/U ] a supply of something for use or sale:

[ C/U ] Stock is also the total amount of goods or the amount of a particular type of goods available in a store:

social studies [ C/U ] a part of the ownership of a company that people buy as an investment:

[ U ] a liquid made by boiling vegetables or the bones from meat or fish in water which is used to add flavor to soups and other food:

[ U ] the family, country, or group from which a person comes:

[ C ] the part of a rifle (= long gun) that rests against the shoulder

to keep a supply of something for use or sale:

(of an idea, expression, or action) usual or typical:

short form oflivestock (= animals, such as cows or sheep, kept on a farm)

[ U ] COMMERCE the total amount of goods that a store or business has for sale:

[ C or U ] PRODUCTION, COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING goods that a company owns, such as parts, materials, or finished products:

[ C or U ] PRODUCTION a supply of goods or materials:

[ C or U ] written abbreviation stk. STOCK MARKET, FINANCE part of the ownership of a company that people have as an investment in the form of shares:

[ C or U ] also government stock FINANCE, GOVERNMENT a type of low-risk investment sold by the government that produces a fixed rate of interest:

to keep a supply of a particular type of goods for sale:

to provide a supply of something to a store or company: