(finance) A loan structure using free-trading stock or in some cases restricted stock as collateral.

plural of stock loan

knitting machine used to manufacture hosiery

plural of stock exchange

Alternative spelling of laughing stock

plural of stock character

(economics, accounting) A variable whose value depends on an instant rather than on a period of time.

A paper certifying its bearer's ownership of shares (in a certain quantity) in a corporation.

plural of Christmas stocking

A stocking hung up by a child on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts, ostensibly by Santa Claus.