Definitions for stocks
stocks

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stocksnoun

   a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

2. stocksnoun

   a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

3. stocksnoun

   a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stocksnoun

   A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

2. stocksnoun

   Plural form of stock.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stocksnoun

   Commonly without singular. Prison for the legs.

   Fetch forth the stocks:
   As I have life and honour, there shall he sit ’till noon. William Shakespeare.

   Tom is whipt from tything to tything, stock-punish’d, and imprisoned. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   I have sat in the stocks for the puddings he hath stol’n, otherwise he had been executed. William Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Verona.

   Matrimony is expressed by a young man standing, his legs being fast in a pair of stocks. Henry Peacham.

   The stocks hinder his legs from obeying the determination of his mind, if it would transfer his body to another place. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stocks

   Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. The law describing its use is cited by the orator Lysias: "“He shall have his foot confined in the stocks for five days, if the court shall make such addition to the sentence.” The “stocks” there mentioned, Theomnestus, are what we now call “confinement in the wood”" (Lys. 10.16)

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1. stocks

   Stocks are financial instruments that represent ownership in a company. They provide a claim on part of the company's assets and earnings. Also known as shares or equities, stocks are bought and sold on various stock exchanges and are often used by businesses to raise capital. The owners of stocks, known as shareholders, can make money from stocks either through capital gains or dividends, depending on the company's financial performance.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stocks

   Stocks are devices used internationally, in medieval, Renaissance and colonial American times as a form of physical punishment involving public humiliation. The stocks partially immobilized its victims and they were often exposed in a public place such as the site of a market to the scorn of those who passed by. Since the purpose of putting offenders in the stocks was to expose them to ridicule and mockery, passers-by were encouraged to throw mud, rotten eggs, moldy fruit and vegetables, smelly fish, offal, and excrement at those being punished.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STOCKS

   An unreliable commodity bought and sold by gamblers. If you win, it's an investment; if you lose, a speculation.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stocks

   A frame of blocks and shores whereon to build shipping. It has a gradual declivity towards the water.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STOCKS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stocks is ranked #7107 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Stocks surname appeared 4,708 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Stocks.
   
   80% or 3,769 total occurrences were White.
   14.8% or 701 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 104 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2% or 94 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.5% or 24 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Framework
   • Instrument Of Punishment

How to pronounce stocks?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say stocks in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stocks in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stocks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of stocks in a Sentence

1. Barry Schwartz:

   I do think the last four trading days were an anomaly of fear and we're going to have a significant rebound in stocks, but I do think 2016 will be a challenging year.

2. Jamie Cox:

   Financial stocks are fine today as we're getting ready to enter the earnings season for banking, the 30-year Treasury auction is steepening the (yield) curve a bit.

3. Todd Rosenbluth:

   What we've seen this year is some of these stocks perform excellently, and some of them don't, but you're not buying this to offset the winners and the laggards in cyber security.

4. Shen Weizheng:

   Money keeps flowing out of stocks, where investors see little reason to go upward further.

5. Paul Nolte:

   Even though the market closed up on Friday, more stocks were lower for the week and that points to weakness, we could see some sloppy action for the next couple of sessions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stocks
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stocks
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=stocks
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocks
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=stocks
7. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=stocks
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=stocks
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html