Definition

/stɒk/

noun

A store or supply.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
Stock theater, summer stock theater.
The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.

verb

To have on hand for sale.
“The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.”
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
“to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools”
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
To put in the stocks as punishment.
To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

adjective

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
“stock items”
(racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
“He gave me a stock answer”