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Penny Definition–noun | 1. | a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent. | | 2. | Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbreviation: p | | 3. | a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various ot
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her nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d. | | 4. | a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned. | | 5. | the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny. | –adjective | 6. | Stock Exchange. of, pertaining to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market. | —Idioms | 7. | a bad penny, someone or something undesirable. | | 8. | a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny. | | 9. | Chiefly British Slang. spend a penny, to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory. | | 10. | turn an honest penny, to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never tu
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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. | | | 6. | Horticulture. | a. |
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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. | | | 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. | | b. | a part of an automatic weapon, as a machine gun, similar in position or function. | | | 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
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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. | | | 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. | | | 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. | | | 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. | | | 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 the 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. | <
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tr> | 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. | | | 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 i
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n stock. | | 57. | lock, stock, and barrel. lock 1 (def. 29). | | 58. | on the stocks, | a. | under construction, as esp. a ship. | | b. | in progress or preparation: a new novel on the stocks. | | | 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 general unreliability, I can't take stock in what he has told you. | | 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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