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Stock vs. Supply: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Published on January 26, 2024
Stock is a collection or quantity of something stored or available at a given time. Supply is the total amount of a commodity or service available to the market.
Stock vs. Supply

Key Differences

Stock refers to the accumulated quantity of a resource or goods available at a specific time, often stored for future use. It represents a static snapshot. Supply, conversely, is dynamic, encompassing the total amount of a good or service that is available for purchase in the market over a period.
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Stock is about what is currently held or owned, potentially including items not yet on the market. It's akin to a reservoir. Supply, in contrast, is about the flow of goods or services into the market, ready for consumption or use.
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The concept of stock is often used in inventory management, indicating goods on hand, such as in a warehouse. Supply is a broader term, used in economics to describe the total amount of a product or service available for consumption by consumers.
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Stock can be limited and doesn't necessarily reflect the current production or availability in the market. It's a subset of supply. Supply is influenced by various factors like production, distribution, and demand, and it indicates how much of a product is accessible for purchase at any given time.
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In financial contexts, stock can refer to the shares held in a company, representing ownership. In economics, supply is a fundamental concept describing the quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at different prices.
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Definition

Quantity of goods available or stored at a given time.
Total amount of a product or service available in the market.
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Nature

Static, representing a snapshot in time.
Dynamic, involving the ongoing availability and flow of goods.
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Scope

Limited to what is currently held or stored.
Includes all goods available for sale, regardless of current storage.
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Relevance

Crucial in inventory management and accounting.
Central in economics, affecting pricing and market dynamics.
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Example

The number of smartphones in a warehouse.
The total smartphones available for consumers to buy in a market.
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Stock and Supply Definitions

Stock

The shares representing ownership in a corporation.
She invested in the stock of a well-known tech company.
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Supply

The total amount of a commodity available for purchase.
The market saw an increased supply of organic produce this season.
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Stock

A supply of something accumulated for future use.
The hospital keeps a stock of essential medicines.
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Supply

A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed.
The emergency supply kits were distributed to the residents.
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Stock

A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
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Supply

The distribution of electricity, gas, or water to consumers.
The new dam will augment the city's water supply.
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Stock

The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
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Supply

To make available for use; provide
Does the hotel supply towels?.
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All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
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Supply

To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip
Supplied the players with uniforms.
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Stock

All the aquatic animals kept or raised in an aquaculture operation.
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Supply

To have as a necessary or desirable feature
A crime scene that supplied valuable evidence.
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Stock

A population of wild animals, especially of a species that is also farmed
Interactions between hatchery fish and wild stocks.
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Supply

To fill sufficiently; satisfy
Supply a need.
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Stock

A kind of financial security granting rights of ownership in a corporation, such as a claim to a portion of the assets and earnings of the corporation and the right to vote for the board of directors. Stock is issued and traded in units called shares.
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Supply

To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.
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Stock

The stock issued by a particular company
A mutual fund that invests in technology stocks.
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Supply

The act of supplying
Funds for the supply of the expedition.
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Stock

Chiefly British The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.
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Supply

An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock
Our supply of milk is low.
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Stock

Chiefly British A bond, especially a government bond.
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Supply

Often supplies Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed.
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Stock

The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.
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Supply

(Economics) The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.
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Stock

A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
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Supply

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
To supply money for the war
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Stock

A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
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Supply

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.
To supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition
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Stock

The original progenitor of a family line.
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Supply

(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.
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Stock

The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character
Comes from farming stock.
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Supply

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
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Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
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Supply

(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
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Stock

The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
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Supply

(intransitive) To act as a substitute.
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Stock

A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
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(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
To supply a pulpit
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An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
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Supply

(uncountable) The act of supplying.
Supply and demand
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A group of related languages.
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Supply

(countable) An amount of something supplied.
A supply of good drinking water is essential.
She said, "China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater". File:She said, “China has always had a freshwater supply problem.ogg
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A group of related families of languages.
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Supply

(in the plural) Provisions.
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Stock

The raw material out of which something is made.
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Supply

An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
To vote supplies
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Stock

Paper used for printing.
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Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
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Stock

The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.
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Supply

Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
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A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
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Supply

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; - often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
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Stock

Stocks(Nautical) The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
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Supply

To serve instead of; to take the place of.
Burning ships the banished sun supply.
The sun was set, and Vesper, to supplyHis absent beams, had lighted up the sky.
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Often stocks A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment.
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Supply

To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
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Stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.
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Supply

To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
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Stock

(Nautical) A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.
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Supply

The act of supplying; supplial.
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Stock

The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.
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Supply

That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
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The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
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Supply

Auxiliary troops or reënforcements.
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The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
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Supply

The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; - used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.
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A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.
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Supply

An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
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Stock

The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.
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Supply

A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
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Stock

A theatrical stock company.
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Supply

Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
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Stock

The repertoire of such a company.
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Supply

An amount of something available for use
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A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center
A small role in summer stock.
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Supply

Offering goods and services for sale
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(Botany) Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, fragrant, variously colored flowers.
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Supply

The activity of supplying or providing something
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(Games) The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.
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Supply

Provide or furnish with;
We provided the room with an electrical heater
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(Geology) A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.
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Supply

Circulate or distribute or equip with;
Issue a new uniform to the children
Supply blankets for the beds
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(Zoology) A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.
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Supply

Provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
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Stock

Personal reputation or status
A teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
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Supply

State or say further;
`It doesn't matter,' he supplied
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Confidence or credence
I put no stock in that statement.
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Supply

To provide or furnish something needed or desired.
The company supplies office equipment to businesses.
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A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
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Supply

The act of making something available for use.
The government ensured the supply of clean water during the drought.
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A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
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Rolling stock.
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To supply (a shop) with merchandise.
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To supply (a farm) with livestock.
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To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.
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Stock

To keep for future sale or use.
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Stock

To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.
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Stock

(Obsolete) To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.
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Stock

To gather and lay in a supply of something
Stock up on canned goods.
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To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.
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Kept regularly in stock
A stock item.
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Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine
A stock answer.
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Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise
A stock clerk.
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Of or relating to the raising of livestock
Stock farming.
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Used for breeding
A stock mare.
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Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
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Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
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A store or supply.
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Stock

(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.
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Stock

A supply of anything ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
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Railroad rolling stock.
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A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
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Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
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The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
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(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
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The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
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A share in a company.
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(figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
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Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
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The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
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Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
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The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
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Ellipsis of film stock
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Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
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Stock theater, summer stock theater.
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The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
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(horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
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(by extension) Lineage, family, ancestry.
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Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
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A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
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(firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
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The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
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Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
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The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
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The tailstock of a lathe.
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A bar, stick or rod.
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A ski pole.
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(nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
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(nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
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(geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
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A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
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A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
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A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
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A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
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(folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
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(obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
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A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
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A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
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The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
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The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
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Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
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(biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
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The beater of a fulling mill.
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Stock

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
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To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
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To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
To stock a warehouse with goods
To stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass
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To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
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To put in the stocks as punishment.
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(nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
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To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
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Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Stock items
Stock sizes
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Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
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Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
He gave me a stock answer.
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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
The scion overruleth the stock quite.
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A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick.
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Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.
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The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.
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The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a rifle or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.
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The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.
And stand betwixt them made, when, severally,All told their stock.
Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stockFrom Dardanus.
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The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
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Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; - so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.
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The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
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Same as Stock account, below.
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The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
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Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
Add to that stock which justly we bestow.
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The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
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Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; - called also live stock.
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A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
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That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
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The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.
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A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
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A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
With a linen stock on one leg.
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A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
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A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
He shall rest in my stocks.
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The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
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Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
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Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).
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An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.
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A race or variety in a species.
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In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpæ, etc.
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The beater of a fulling mill.
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A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; - used in making soup, gravy, etc.
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Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.
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A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.
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To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
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To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.
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To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.
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To put in the stocks.
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Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon.
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The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity);
He owns a controlling share of the company's stock
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Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces;
She made gravy with a base of beef stock
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The merchandise that a shop has on hand;
They carried a vast inventory of hardware
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A supply of something available for future use;
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
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Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
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The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors
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The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun;
The rifle had been fitted with a special stock
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The reputation and popularity a person has;
His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
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A special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
He experimented on a particular breed of white rats
He created a new strain of sheep
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Lumber used in the construction of something;
They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
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A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation;
The value of his stocks doubled during the past year
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Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
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A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
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Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
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The handle end of some implements or tools;
He grabbed the cue by the stock
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Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
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An ornamental white cravat
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Stock

Have on hand;
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
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Stock

Equip with a stock;
Stock a rifle
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Supply with fish;
Stock a lake
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Supply with livestock;
Stock a farm
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Stock up on to keep for future use or sale;
Let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
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Provide or furnish with a stock of something;
Stock the larder with meat
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Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
The plant sprouted early this year
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Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'
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Routine;
A stock answer
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Regularly and widely used or sold;
A standard size
A stock item
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The inventory of goods held by a business.
The store's stock of winter jackets was replenished for the upcoming season.
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The liquid made by boiling bones and meat used as a base in cooking.
He prepared a rich chicken stock for the soup.
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The trunk or main stem of a tree or plant.
The gardener grafted the branch onto the stock of an older tree.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

What is Supply?

Total amount of a product or service available in the market.
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Can Stock fluctuate?

Yes, depending on sales, production, and replenishment.
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How is Stock used in business?

As a measure of goods available for sale or use.
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Is Stock always physical goods?

Mostly, but it can also refer to non-tangible assets like shares.
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What factors affect Supply?

Production levels, market demand, and distribution efficiency.
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How does increased Supply affect prices?

Generally, it can lead to lower prices due to higher availability.
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What is Stock?

Quantity of goods stored or available at a specific time.
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Is Supply constant?

No, it can change based on production and market conditions.
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What does Supply indicate in economics?

The availability and accessibility of goods or services to consumers.
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Does Stock affect a company's financial statements?

Yes, it's a critical component of balance sheets.
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How can a company manage its Supply effectively?

Through efficient production, logistics, and demand forecasting.
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What's an example of Stock in a store?

Clothes in a retail store's inventory.
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Can a company's stock affect its Stock?

Yes, financial performance can influence inventory management.
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Does Stock include unsold items?

Yes, it includes all items on hand, sold or unsold.
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What is stock rotation?

The process of organizing inventory to optimize sales and reduce waste.
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How does Supply relate to consumer demand?

It adjusts based on the demand to maintain market balance.
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What role does Supply play in market equilibrium?

Along with demand, it determines the market balance.
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Can Stock be intangible?

In the context of financial stocks, yes.
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How do supply chains influence Supply?

Efficient supply chains ensure steady product availability.
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What's a common strategy to manage Supply?

Balancing production output with market demand trends.
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