(law, accounting, US) The total amount of common and preferred stock (shares) that a company can issue.

(idiomatic) To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.

(rail transport, uncountable, collectively) All vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered. / (countable, less common) Any such vehicle.

(Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) A bouillon cube.

(cricket) the type of ball (such as an off break) that a particular bowler most frequently bowls

A market for the trading of company stock. / (rare) A cattle market.

(management, operations) Additional inventory planned to buffer against the variability in supply and demand plans, that could otherwise result in inventory shortages.

(law) Shares of stock in a business that are inflated by parties colluding with the seller making inflated offers for the property that the stock represents, which are reported to potential sellers as indicative of the value of the stock.

Absolutely motionless, perfectly still.

(finance, business) Goods which are available immediately from a supplier's stock-holding and therefore with little or no lead time (other than delivery).