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stock1

UK: /stɒk/ US: /stɑːk/

Translation

n [c, u]
existencias
(en economía)
acción
n [u]
caldo
fish stock
caldo de pescado
(form)
prestigio
apoyo [del público]
ganado
ascendencia
orígenes
n [c]
alhelí
to be in stock
tener en existencias
to be out of stock
estar agotado,da
I'm sorry but that book is out of stock
Lo siento, pero ese libro está agotado
to put stock in sth
valorar positivamente algo
to take stock (of sth)
hacer balance [de una situación]
After taking stock of her life, she decided to...
Tras hacer un balance de su vida, decidió...
evaluar [una situación]
Véase tb: laughing stock; lock, stock and barrel
(Definition of stock nnn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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