The Definition–definite article | 1. | (used, esp. before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article a or an): the book you gave me; Come into the house. |
| 2. | (used to mark a proper noun, natural phenomenon, ship, building, time, point of the compass, branch of endeavor, or field of study as something well-known or unique): the sun; the Alps; the Queen Elizabeth; the past; the West. |
| 3. | (used with or as part of a title): the Duke of Wellington; the Reverend John Smith. |
| 4. | (used to mark a noun as indicating the best-known, most approved, most important, most satisfying, etc.): the skiing center of the U.S.; If you're going to work hard, now is the time. |
| 5. | (used to mark a noun as being used generically): The dog is a quadruped. |
| 6. | (used in place of a possessive pronoun, to note a part of the body or a personal belonging): He won't be able to play football until the leg mends. |
| 7. | (used before adjectives that are used substantively, to note an individual, a class or number of individuals, or an abstract idea): to visit the sick; from the sublime to the ridiculous. |
| 8. | (used before a modifying adjective to specify or limit its modifying effect): He took the wrong road and drove miles out of his way. |
| 9. | (used to indicate one particular decade of a lifetime or of a century): the sixties; the gay nineties. |
| 10. | (one of many of a class or type, as of a manufactured item, as opposed to an individual one): Did you listen to the radio last night? |
| 11. | enough: He saved until he had the money for a new car. She didn't have the courage to leave. |
| 12. | (used distributively, to note any one separately) for, to, or in each; a or an: at one dollar the pound. |
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Stock Definition–noun | 1. | a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory. |
| 2. | a quantity of something accumulated, as for future use: a stock of provisions. |
| 4. | Theater. a stock company: a job in summer stock. |
| 5. | Finance. | a. | the outstanding capital of a company or corporation. |
| b. | the shares of a particular company or corporation. |
| c. | the certificate of ownership of such stock; stock certificate. |
| d. | (formerly) a tally or stick used in transactions between a debtor and a creditor. |
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| 6. | Horticulture. | a. | Also called understock. in grafting, a stem in which the bud or scion is inserted. |
| b. | a stem, tree, or plant that furnishes slips or cuttings; stock plant. |
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| 7. | the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant, as distinguished from roots and branches. |
| 8. | the type from which a group of animals or plants has been derived. |
| 9. | a race or other related group of animals or plants. |
| 10. | the person from whom a given line of descent is derived; the original progenitor. |
| 11. | a line of descent; a tribe, race, or ethnic group. |
| 12. | Linguistics. a category consisting of language families that, because of resemblances in grammatical structure and vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin. Compare family (def. 14), phylum (def. 2). |
| 13. | any grouping of related languages. |
| 14. | the handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc. |
| 15. | Firearms. | a. | the wooden or metal piece to which the barrel and mechanism of a rifle are attached. |
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| 16. | the trunk or stump of a tree, left standing. |
| 17. | a dull or stupid person. |
| 18. | something lifeless or senseless. |
| 19. | the main upright part of anything, esp. a supporting structure. |
| 20. | stocks, | a. | a former instrument of punishment consisting of a framework with holes for securing the ankles and, sometimes, the wrists, used to expose an offender to public derision. Compare pillory (def. 1). |
| b. | a frame in which a horse or other animal is secured in a standing position for shoeing or for a veterinary operation. |
| c. | the frame on which a boat rests while under construction. |
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| 21. | Nautical. | a. | a vertical shaft forming part of a rudder and controlling the rudder's movement. |
| b. | a transverse piece of wood or metal near the ring on some anchors. |
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| 22. | the metal or wooden body of a carpenter's plane. |
| 23. | Metallurgy. | a. | material being smelted in a blast furnace. |
| b. | a metal piece to be forged
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| 24. | Printing. | a. | a specified quality or kind of paper: glossy stock; card stock; offset stock. |
| b. | the paper for printing a particular job: We don't have enough stock for that large a run. |
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| 25. | the raw material from which something is made. |
| 26. | Papermaking. stuff (def. 15). |
| 27. | Cookery. the liquor or broth prepared by boiling meat, fish, chicken, etc., with or without vegetables or seasonings, and used esp. as a foundation for soups and sauces. |
| 28. | any of several plants belonging to the genus Matthiola, of the mustard family, esp. M. incana, having fragrant white, blue, purple, reddish, or yellowish flowers. |
| 29. | a rhizome or rootstock. |
| 30. | Zoology. a compound organism, as a colony of corals. |
| 31. | a collar or a neckcloth fitting like a band around the neck. |
| 32. | Cards. the portion of a pack of cards that, in certain games, is not dealt out to the players, but is left on the table, to be drawn from as occasion requires. |
| 33. | an adjustable wrench for holding dies for cutting screws. |
| 37. | Roman Catholic Church. one of a set of three metal containers for holy oil. |
| 38. | Geology, Mining. an irregular igneous intrusion, usually an offshoot of a batholith, often mineralized. |
| 40. | Obsolete. the frame of a plow to which the share, handles, etc., are attached. |
–adjective | 41. | kept regularly on hand, as for use or sale; staple; standard: stock articles. |
| 42. | having as one's job the care of a concern's goods: a stock clerk. |
| 43. | of the common or ordinary type; in common use: a stock argument. |
| 44. | banal; commonplace: a stock remark. |
| 45. | pertaining to or designating t
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he breeding and raising of livestock: stock farming. |
| 46. | Southern U.S. (chiefly Southern Appalachian and South Atlantic States ). (of farm animals) being a fully grown male: a stock hog. |
| 47. | of or pertaining to the stock of a company or corporation: a stock report. |
| 48. | Theater. | a. | pertaining to a stock company. |
| b. | appearing together in a repertoire, as a company. |
| c. | forming part of a repertoire, as a play. |
| d. | being a character type fixed by convention, as in the commedia dell'-arte, a harlequinade, minstrel show, or the like. |
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| 49. | Informal. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a stock car. |
–verb (used with object) | 50. | to furnish with a stock or supply. |
| 51. | to furnish with stock, as a farm with horses, cattle, etc. |
| 52. | to lay up in store, as for future use. |
| 53. | to fasten to or provide with a stock, as a rifle, plow, bell, anchor, etc. |
| 54. | to put in the stocks as a punishment. |
–verb (used without object) | 55. | to lay in a stock of something (often fol. by up). |
—Idioms| 56. | in stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock. |
| 57. | lock, stock, and barrel. lock1 (def. 29). |
| 58. | on the stocks, | a. | under construction, as esp. a ship. |
| b. | in progress or preparation: a new novel on the stocks. |
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| 59. | out of stock, lacking a supply of, esp. temporarily: We are out of stock in this item. |
| 60. | take or put stock in, to put confidence in or attach importance to; believe; trust: Considering his
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| 61. | take stock, | a. | to make an inventory of stock on hand. |
| b. | to make an appraisal of resources or prospects: She took stock of her decorating scheme and decided it was time for a change. |
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Market Definition–noun | 1. | an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market. |
| 2. | a store for the sale of food: a meat market. |
| 3. | a meeting of people for selling and buying. |
| 4. | the assemblage of people at such a meeting. |
| 5. | trade or traffic, esp. as regards a particular commodity: the market in cotton. |
| 6. | a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity: the cotton market. |
| 7. | the field of trade or business: the best shoes in the market. |
| 8. | demand for a commodity: an unprecedented mar
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| 9. | a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services: the health-food market. |
| 10. | a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used: the foreign market; the New England market. |
| 11. | current price or value: a rising market for shoes. |
–verb (used without object) | 13. | to buy or sell in a market; deal. |
| 14. | to buy food and provisions for the home. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | to carry or send to market for disposal: to market produce every week. |
| 16. | to dispose of in a market; sell. |
—Idioms| 17. | at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market. |
| 18. | in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying: I'm in the market for a new car. |
| 19. | on the market, for sale; available: Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week. |
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