Meaning & use
stock
The total supply of goods available for sale or use by a business at a given time.
See it in a sentence
The store ran out of stock on the popular sneaker within a single day.
She simmered chicken bones for hours to make a rich stock for the soup.
A note on using this word
The phrase 'in stock' means currently available for purchase, while 'out of stock' means temporarily unavailable.
Words with a similar meaning
inventorysupply
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A share representing partial ownership in a company, traded on a stock exchange.
She bought stock in the airline after reading about its expansion plans.
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