/stɒk/

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Meaning

All the goods that a shop or a business has ready to sell.

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Word origin

From Old English stocc, a tree trunk or post, which later came to mean a store of goods.

Origin
Old English
Root
stocc

Grammar

Gender
Pluralstocks

Examples

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"Stock" is the goods a shop has ready to sell.

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"Out of stock" means the shop has none left.

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We "order", "keep", and "count" stock.

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This word is taught in chapter 21, lesson 6: stock, apology, scoff and 7 more words.