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US
/ˈstɑks/
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[ UK /stˈɒks/ ]
[ UK /stˈɒks/ ]
NOUN
- a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod
- 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
- a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
How To Use stocks In A Sentence
- U.S. stocks rose as General Motors jolted higher on its visions of a battery-driven future and as financial stocks like J.P. Morgan Chase rebounded despite economic data that suggested a "stagflationary" environment. J.P. Morgan Chase,
- Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.
- Christopher Rees is another self-taught value investor but runs a concentrated portfolio of only ten stocks; his average annual return for the last decade is 24%. Tap Your Inner Buffett
- Add to this mix the prospects of an economy supercharged by €12 billion when the special saving investments accounts start to mature in under two years' time, and the economic winds seem to blowing fair for stocks.
- These planes are made with two separate stocks held together with either metal or turned wooden screws.
- Stocks spent most of the day in positive territory, buoyed in part by the University of Michigan's report showing consumer confidence rose in March to 95.8 from 94.4 in February.
- He said last night the move would prevent the waters from being looted and pillaged by other EU members, and introduce effective conservation of fish stocks.
- Finally, for those comfortable with investing in stocks there are a wealth of options to choose from.
- While she mainly stocks silk fabric with organza, most of the designs can also be acquired in a different and cheaper fabric.
- Iraq is thought to have sufficient food stocks to last only until the end of April.