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'stock' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'stock' with 20 example sentences.


stock adjective

: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

: routine

: regularly and widely used or sold

stock noun

: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)

: the merchandise that a shop has on hand

: 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

: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation

: a supply of something available for future use

: the hereditary derivation of an individual

: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces

: the reputation and popularity a person has

: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

: lumber used in the construction of something

: the handle end of some implements or tools

: an ornamental white cravat

: any animals kept for use or profit

stock verb

: have on hand

: equip with a stock

: supply with fish

: supply with livestock

: amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

: provide or furnish with a stock of something

: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots


  • He lost a fortune in the stock market.
  • We don't have that book in stock.
  • Why do stocks go up and down?
  • The stock market collapsed in 1929.
  • This company is listed on the Paris stock exchange.
  • How much of my portfolio should I invest in stocks?
  • We have a stock of toilet paper.
  • Investing in stocks involves risk.
  • The company's stock price jumped yesterday.
  • The stock price index was off 200 points yesterday.
  • Is the product in the ad already out of stock?
  • Our stock of oil is running out.
  • I would like to check yesterday's stock prices...
  • New York is the center of America's stock exchange.
  • He holds stocks in this company.
  • The Tokyo stock market recorded an unprecedented loss.
  • The stock market was surprisingly quiet today.
  • The supermarket has a large stock of merchandise.
  • Your family has become a laughing stock.
  • Do you have savings in both stocks and bonds?
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