stocks
/stɑks/
verb
- Third person singular present tense of stock: to supply or fill something with goods or items.
- The store stocks a wide variety of organic vegetables.
- She stocks her pantry with canned goods every fall.
- The library stocks thousands of books and magazines.
noun
- Shares of ownership in a company that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
- She invested in technology stocks and earned a good return.
- Many people buy stocks as a way to save for retirement.
- The value of his stocks went up after the company announced strong earnings.
- Supplies of goods or materials kept on hand for future use.
- The warehouse maintains large stocks of building materials.
- Farmers keep stocks of grain to feed their animals through the winter.
- The store's stocks of winter coats were running low in January.
- A historical device consisting of a wooden frame with holes for the ankles and wrists, used to publicly punish or humiliate someone.
- The stocks were a common form of punishment in medieval Europe.
- Tourists can see a replica of the stocks at the old village museum.
- In colonial times, petty criminals were put in the stocks in the town square.