(finance, dated) A stock that offers great opportunity for stock gambling, since it has no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in its price are artificial.

An account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn.

To sow, as ploughed land, with grass seed.

plural of stocking cap

A small present given at Christmas to go in a stocking

plural of Virginia stock

A fragrant flower related to the stock, native to Greece and Albania, but widely grown in gardens elsewhere, Malcolmia maritima.

(finance) High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested.

(finance) Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.

(archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.