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Time Definition

–noun

1.	the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.

2.	duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration.

3.	(sometimes initial capital letter) a system or method of measuring or reckoning the passage of time: mean time; apparent time; Greenwich Time.

4.	a limited period or interval, as between two successive events: a long time.

5.	a particular period considered as distinct from other periods: Youth is the best time of life.

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Often, times. a. a period in the history of the world, or contemporary with the life or activities of a notable person: prehistoric times; in Lincoln's time. b. the period or era now or previously present: a sign of the times; How times have changed! c. a period considered with reference to its events or prevailing conditions, tendencies, ideas, etc.: hard times; a time of war.

7.	a prescribed or allotted period, as of one's life, for payment of a debt, etc.

8.	the end of a prescribed or allotted period, as of one's life or a pregnancy: His time had come, but there was no one left to mourn over him. When her time came, her husband accompanied her to the delivery room.

9.	a period with reference to personal experience of a specified kind: to have a good time; a hot time in the old town tonight.

10.	a period of work of an employee, or the pay for it; working hours or days or an hourly or daily pay rate.

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11.	Informal. a term of enforced duty or imprisonment: to serve time in the army; do time in prison.

12.	the period necessary for or occupied by something: The time of the baseball game was two hours and two minutes. The bus takes too much time, so I'll take a plane.

13.	leisure time; sufficient or spare time: to have time for a vacation; I have no time to stop now.

14.	a particular or definite point in time, as indicated by a clock: What time is it?

15.	a particular part of a year, day, etc.; season or period: It's time for lunch.

16.	an appointed, fit, due, or proper instant or period: a time for sowing; the time when the sun crosses the meridian; There is a time fo bae r everything.

17.	the particular point in time when an event is scheduled to take place: train time; curtain time.

18.	an indefinite, frequently prolonged period or duration in the future: Time will tell if what we have done here today was right.

19.	the right occasion or opportunity: to watch one's time.

20.	each occasion of a recurring action or event: to do a thing five times; It's the pitcher's time at bat.

21.	times, used as a multiplicative word in phrasal combinations expressing how many instances of a quantity or factor are taken together: Two goes into six three times; five times faster.

22.	Drama. one of the three unities. Compare unity (def. 8).

23.	Prosody. a unit or a group of units in the measurement of meter.

24.

Music. a. tempo; relative rapidity of movement. b. the metrical duration of a note or rest. c. proper or characteristic tempo. d. the general movement of a particular kind of musical composition with reference to its rhythm, metrical structure, and tempo. e. the movement of a dance or the like to music so arranged: waltz time.

25.	Military. rate of marching, calculated on the number of paces taken per minute: double time; quick time.

26.	Manège. each completed action or movement of the horse.

–adjective

27.	of, pertaining to, or showing the passage of time.

28.	(of an explosive device) containing a clock so that it will detonate at the desired moment: a time bomb.

29.	Commerce. payable at a stated period of time after presentment: time drafts or notes.

30.	of or pertaining to purchases on the installment plan, or with payment postponed.

–verb (used with object)

31.	to measure or record the speed, duration, or rate of: to time a race.

32.	to fix the duration of: The proctor timed the test at 15 minutes.

33.	to fix the interval between (actions, events, etc.): They timed their strokes at six per minute.

34.	to regulate (a train, clock, etc.) as to time.

35.	to appoint or choose the moment or occasion for; schedule: He timed the attack perfectly.

–verb (used without object)

36.	to keep time; sound or move in unison.

—Idioms

37.	against time, in an effort to finish something within a limited period: We worked against time to get out the newspaper.

38.	ahead of time, before the time due; early: The building was completed ahead of time.

39.	at one time, a. once; in a former time: At one time they owned a restaurant. b. at the same time; at once: They all tried to talk at one time.

40.	at the same time, nevertheless; yet: I'd like to try it, but at the same time I'm a little afraid.

41.	at times, at intervals; occasionally: At times the city beco 622 mes intolerable.

42.	beat someone's time, Slang. to compete for or win a person being dated or courted by another; prevail over a rival: He accused me, his own brother, of trying to beat his time.

43.	behind the times, old-fashioned; dated: These attitudes are behind the times.

44.	for the time being, temporarily; for the present: Let's forget about it for the time being.

45.	from time to time, on occasion; occasionally; at intervals: She comes to see us from time to time.

46.	gain time, to postpone in order to make preparations or gain an advantage; delay the outcome of: He hoped to gain time by putting off signing the papers for a few days more.

47.	ae6 in good time, a. at the right time; on time; punctually. b. in advance of the right time; early: We arrived at the appointed spot in good time.

48.	in no time, in a very brief time; almost at once: Working together, they cleaned the entire house in no time.

49.	in time, a. early enough: to come in time for dinner. b. in the future; eventually: In time he'll see what is right. c. in the correct rhythm or tempo: There would always be at least one child who couldn't play in time with the music.

50.	keep time, a. to record time, as a watch or clock does. b. to mark or observe the tempo. c. to perform rhythmic movements in unison.

51.	kill time, to occupy oneself with some activity to make time pass quickly: While I was waiting, I killed time counting the cars on the freight trains.

52.	make time, a. to move quickly, esp. in an attempt to recover lost time. b. to travel at a particular speed.

53.	make time with, Slang. to pursue or take as a sexual partner.

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54.	many a time, again and again; frequently: Many a time they didn't have enough to eat and went to bed hungry.

55.	mark time, a. to suspend progress temporarily, as to await developments; fail to advance. b. Military. to move the feet alternately as in marching, but without advancing.

56.	on one's own time, during one's free time; without payment: He worked out more efficient production methods on his own time.

57.	on time, a. at the specified time; punctually. b. to be paid for within a designated period of time, as in installments: Many people are never out of debt because they buy everything on time.

58.	out of time, not in the proper rhythm: His singing was out of time with the music.

59.	pass the time of day, to converse briefly with or greet someone: The women would stop in the market to pass the time of day.

60.	take one's time, to be slow or leisurely; dawdle: Speed was important here, but he just took his time.

61.	time after time, again and again; repeatedly; often: I've told him time after time not to slam the door.

62.	time and time again, repeatedly; often: Time and time again I warned her to stop smoking. Also, time and again.

63.	time of life, (one's) age: At your time of life you must be careful not to overdo things.

64.	time of one's life, Informal. an extremely enjoyable experience: They had the time of their lives on their trip to Europe.

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.

3.	livestock.

4.	Theater. 48a 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. Also called understock. i c76 n 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 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 e e31 xpose 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 ba 559 nd 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.

34.	Railroads. rolling stock.

35.	Dominoes. boneyard (def. 3).

36.	Informal. stock car (def. 1) bae .

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.

39.	Archaic. a stocking.

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.

48.	Theater. a. pertaining to a stock company. b. appearing together in a repertoire, as a company. e2a 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 in 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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