stock

/stɑk/ n [C/U] (INVESTMENT)

Definition

› social studies a part of the ownership of a company that people buy as an investment: [C] There is more risk with stocks than with bonds. [U] Stock prices fell this week.

(Definition of stock n (INVESTMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

+ Free Dictionary Toolbar for Browsers
+ Add Dictionary Search to iGoogle and your website

+ Become a fan on Facebook
+ Follow us on Twitter!

Browse the Dictionary

stock exchange n
stock in trade n
stock market n
stock n FLAVORED LIQUID
stock n GUN PART
stock n INVESTMENT
stock n ORIGIN
stock n SUPPLY
stock pl n ANIMALS
stock up (on something) idiom
stock v

Browse the Thesaurus

Business
Clothes
Education
Finance
Light and colour
Personal care

“stock” in other dictionaries

in Spanish
in Turkish

British English
Business English
Learner's

stock n SUPPLY
stock n FLAVORED LIQUID
stock n ORIGIN
stock n GUN PART
stock v
stock adj USUAL

See all results »

stock up (on something) idiom
lock, stock, and barrel idiom
take stock (of something) idiom

See all idiom results »

Word of the Day

everything under the sun

everything that exists or is possible

Word of the Day ►

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More ►

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.