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Stock vs. Inventory: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
Stock refers to goods ready for sale, while inventory encompasses all goods in a business's possession, including raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods.
Stock vs. Inventory

Key Differences

Stock typically denotes the finished goods a company has available for sale to customers. It's a subset of a larger concept, inventory, which includes all items within the company's possession. Stock is ready for immediate sale, representing the end product of a business's operations. In contrast, inventory not only includes these saleable goods but also encompasses raw materials, work-in-progress, and items used in production.
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When businesses assess their stock, they focus on items that can generate revenue immediately upon sale. This is crucial for sales projections and understanding market demands. Inventory, however, encompasses a broader range of items, providing a complete picture of a company's assets. This includes items not immediately saleable, like raw materials and unfinished products. Inventory management, therefore, is a more comprehensive process than stock management.
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Financially, stock is a critical component of a company's current assets, directly affecting sales and profitability. Efficient stock management is key to maintaining a balance between excess and insufficient stock. Inventory management, on the other hand, is essential for overall operational efficiency. It includes managing the procurement, storage, and usage of raw materials, work-in-progress, and stock, impacting a company's production cycle and cost management.
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In retail businesses, stock usually refers to the goods displayed on shelves and available for customer purchase. It's a direct indicator of a business’s ability to meet customer demand. Inventory in these settings includes the stock on shelves, items in storage, as well as any goods in transit or being manufactured. Inventory management strategies in retail encompass both stock control and supply chain management.
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Lastly, in accounting terms, stock appears as a line item under current assets, reflecting the value of goods ready for sale. Inventory, encompassing a broader range of items, requires a more complex accounting approach. It includes valuation methods like FIFO (First In, First Out) and LIFO (Last In, First Out), which impact the financial statements differently based on the composition and valuation of the inventory.
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Definition

Goods ready for sale
All goods in a business's possession
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Includes

Finished products
Raw materials, work-in-progress, finished goods
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Focus in Business

Sales and revenue generation
Overall operational efficiency
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Management Concern

Balancing supply with demand
Managing procurement, storage, and usage of all goods
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Financial Reporting

Part of current assets
Requires complex valuation methods like FIFO, LIFO
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Stock and Inventory Definitions

Stock

Shares in the ownership of a company.
He invested heavily in tech stock.
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Inventory

The quantity of goods and materials on hand.
The warehouse has a large inventory of spare parts.
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Stock

A liquid made by boiling meat, bones, or vegetables, used as a base in cooking.
She made a soup using homemade chicken stock.
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Inventory

A complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
The manager did a monthly inventory of the shop.
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Stock

The trunk or main stem of a tree or plant.
Grafting was done on the apple tree's stock.
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Inventory

A detailed, itemized list, report, or record of things in one's possession, especially a periodic survey of all goods and materials in stock.
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Stock

A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
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Inventory

The process of making such a list, report, or record.
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Stock

The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
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Inventory

The items listed in such a report or record.
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Stock

All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
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Inventory

The quantity of goods and materials on hand; stock.
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Stock

All the aquatic animals kept or raised in an aquaculture operation.
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Inventory

An evaluation or a survey, as of abilities, assets, or resources.
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Stock

A population of wild animals, especially of a species that is also farmed
Interactions between hatchery fish and wild stocks.
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Inventory

To make an itemized report or record of.
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Stock

A kind of financial security granting rights of ownership in a corporation, such as a claim to a portion of the assets and earnings of the corporation and the right to vote for the board of directors. Stock is issued and traded in units called shares.
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Inventory

To include in an itemized report or record.
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Stock

The stock issued by a particular company
A mutual fund that invests in technology stocks.
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Inventory

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
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Stock

Chiefly British The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.
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Inventory

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
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Stock

Chiefly British A bond, especially a government bond.
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Inventory

(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
This month's inventory took nearly three days.
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Stock

The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.
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Inventory

A space containing the items available to a character, especially that in a video game, for immediate use.
You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.
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Stock

A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
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Inventory

The total set of a specified linguistic feature within a language etc.
Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.
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Stock

A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
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Inventory

To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.
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Stock

The original progenitor of a family line.
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Inventory

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth.
There take an inventory of all I have.
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Stock

The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character
Comes from farming stock.
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Inventory

The objects contained on an inventory{1};
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Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
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Inventory

The total value of all goods in an inventory{2}.
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Stock

The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
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Inventory

The act of making an inventory{1}.
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Stock

A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
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Inventory

To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock.
I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled.
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Stock

An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
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Inventory

A detailed list of all the items in stock
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Stock

A group of related languages.
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Inventory

The merchandise that a shop has on hand;
They carried a vast inventory of hardware
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A group of related families of languages.
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Inventory

(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
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Stock

The raw material out of which something is made.
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Inventory

A collection of resources;
He dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer
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Stock

Paper used for printing.
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Inventory

Making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;
The inventory took two days
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Stock

The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.
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Inventory

Make or include in an itemized record or report;
Inventory all books before the end of the year
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Stock

A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
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Inventory

A process of counting or listing items.
Annual inventory checks are crucial for accurate accounting.
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Stocks(Nautical) The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
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Inventory

The act of inspecting or taking stock of goods.
She conducted an inventory of the estate's assets.
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Stock

Often stocks A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment.
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Inventory

A detailed, itemized list, report, or record.
The inventory revealed a shortage in electronics.
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Stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.
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Stock

(Nautical) A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.
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Stock

The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.
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Stock

The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
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Stock

The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
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Stock

A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.
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Stock

The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.
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A theatrical stock company.
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The repertoire of such a company.
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Stock

A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center
A small role in summer stock.
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Stock

(Botany) Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, fragrant, variously colored flowers.
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(Games) The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.
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(Geology) A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.
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Stock

(Zoology) A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.
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Stock

Personal reputation or status
A teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
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Stock

Confidence or credence
I put no stock in that statement.
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Stock

A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
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A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
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Rolling stock.
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Stock

To supply (a shop) with merchandise.
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Stock

To supply (a farm) with livestock.
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Stock

To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.
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Stock

To keep for future sale or use.
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Stock

To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.
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(Obsolete) To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.
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Stock

To gather and lay in a supply of something
Stock up on canned goods.
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Stock

To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.
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Kept regularly in stock
A stock item.
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Stock

Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine
A stock answer.
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Stock

Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise
A stock clerk.
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Stock

Of or relating to the raising of livestock
Stock farming.
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Stock

Used for breeding
A stock mare.
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Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
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Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
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Stock

A store or supply.
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Stock

(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.
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Stock

A supply of anything ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
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Stock

Railroad rolling stock.
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A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
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Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
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The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
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(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
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The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
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A share in a company.
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(figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
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Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
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The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
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Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
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The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
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Ellipsis of film stock
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Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
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Stock theater, summer stock theater.
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The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
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(horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
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(by extension) Lineage, family, ancestry.
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Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
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A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
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(firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
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The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
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Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
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The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
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The tailstock of a lathe.
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A bar, stick or rod.
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A ski pole.
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(nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
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(nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
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(geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
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A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
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A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
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A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
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A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
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(folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
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(obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
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A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
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A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
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The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
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The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
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Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
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(biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
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The beater of a fulling mill.
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A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
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To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
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To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
To stock a warehouse with goods
To stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass
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To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
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To put in the stocks as punishment.
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(nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
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To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
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Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Stock items
Stock sizes
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Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
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Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
He gave me a stock answer.
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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
The scion overruleth the stock quite.
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A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick.
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Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.
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The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.
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The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a rifle or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.
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The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.
And stand betwixt them made, when, severally,All told their stock.
Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stockFrom Dardanus.
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The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
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Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; - so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.
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The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
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Same as Stock account, below.
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The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
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Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
Add to that stock which justly we bestow.
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The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
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Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; - called also live stock.
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A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
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That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
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The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.
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A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
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A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
With a linen stock on one leg.
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A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
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A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
He shall rest in my stocks.
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The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
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Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
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Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).
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An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.
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A race or variety in a species.
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In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpæ, etc.
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The beater of a fulling mill.
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A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; - used in making soup, gravy, etc.
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Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.
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A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.
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To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
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To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.
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To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.
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To put in the stocks.
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Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon.
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The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity);
He owns a controlling share of the company's stock
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Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces;
She made gravy with a base of beef stock
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The merchandise that a shop has on hand;
They carried a vast inventory of hardware
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A supply of something available for future use;
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
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Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
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The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors
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The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun;
The rifle had been fitted with a special stock
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The reputation and popularity a person has;
His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
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A special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
He experimented on a particular breed of white rats
He created a new strain of sheep
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Lumber used in the construction of something;
They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
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A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation;
The value of his stocks doubled during the past year
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Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
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A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
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Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
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The handle end of some implements or tools;
He grabbed the cue by the stock
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Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
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An ornamental white cravat
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Stock

Have on hand;
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
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Stock

Equip with a stock;
Stock a rifle
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Supply with fish;
Stock a lake
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Supply with livestock;
Stock a farm
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Stock up on to keep for future use or sale;
Let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
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Provide or furnish with a stock of something;
Stock the larder with meat
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Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
The plant sprouted early this year
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Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'
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Routine;
A stock answer
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Regularly and widely used or sold;
A standard size
A stock item
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The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business available for sale or distribution.
The store replenished its stock.
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The supply of a particular item available for sale.
Our stock of winter coats is running low.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

Can inventory turn into stock?

Yes, when work-in-progress or raw materials are converted into finished goods, they become stock.
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Why is stock management important?

It ensures a balance between supply and demand, impacting sales and customer satisfaction.
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What is inventory?

Inventory includes all goods a business owns, including stock, raw materials, and work-in-progress.
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Does inventory include services?

No, inventory typically refers to tangible goods.
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Is stock only about physical goods?

Primarily, but it can also refer to ownership shares in a company.
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How often should inventory be checked?

It varies by business but can be monthly, quarterly, or annually.
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What is stock?

Stock refers to the finished goods available for sale.
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How does inventory differ from stock in accounting?

Inventory requires more complex valuation and accounting methods than stock.
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Is inventory valuation important for tax purposes?

Yes, it affects the cost of goods sold and net income, impacting tax liabilities.
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What is the difference between stock and assets?

Stock is a type of current asset, specifically goods ready for sale.
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Can a business run without inventory?

Some service-based or digital businesses can, but most physical goods businesses cannot.
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How does stock affect a company's financial health?

Adequate stock levels support steady sales and revenue generation.
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What is an inventory turnover ratio?

It measures how often inventory is sold and replaced over a period, indicating efficiency.
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How is inventory managed effectively?

Through strategies like just-in-time, FIFO, and LIFO to manage procurement, storage, and usage.
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What is a stock count?

It's a process of counting the actual goods available for sale in a business.
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How does technology aid inventory management?

Through inventory management software and systems that track and optimize stock levels.
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Does inventory include goods in transit?

Yes, it includes all goods under a company's control, even in transit.
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Do all companies have inventory?

Most physical goods companies do, but service-oriented businesses may not.
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Is stock always a liquid asset?

Generally, yes, since it's intended for quick sale.
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Can poor inventory management affect customer satisfaction?

Yes, it can lead to stockouts or overstock situations, affecting sales and customer experience.
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