Real Dictionary

stock
A company's stock is the amount of money which the company has through selling shares.
A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new.
If a shop stocks particular goods, it keeps a supply of them to sell.
Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid.
countable noun: If you have a stock of things, you have a supply of them stored in a place ready to be used.
plural noun: In former times, the stocks were an instrument of punishment. A criminal's hands and legs were locked into holes in a wooden frame while people threw things at them.
plural noun: Stock are cattle, sheep, pigs, or other animals which are kept by a farmer, usually ones which have been specially bred.
singular noun: The stock of something is the total amount of it that is available in a particular area.
uncountable noun: A shop's stock is the total amount of goods which it has available to sell.
uncountable noun: If you are from a particular stock, you are descended from a particular group of people.
variable noun: Stock is a liquid, usually made by boiling meat, bones, or vegetables in water, that is used to give flavour to soups and sauces.
verb: If you stock something such as a cupboard, shelf, or room, you fill it with food or other things.

stock in Accounting 1
noun: A company's stock is the total number of its shares.

stock in Accounting 2
noun: A store's stock is the goods that it has available to sell.

stock in American English
the trunk of a tree
noun: a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory

stock in British English
noun: the total goods or raw material kept on the premises of a shop or business

stock in Finance 1
noun: A stock is one of the parts or shares that the value of a company is divided into, that people can buy.

stock in Finance 2
noun: A company's stock is the total number of its shares.

stock in Retail
noun: A store's stock is the goods that it has available to sell.