"he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
"they carried a vast inventory of hardware" "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
"the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
"the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats" "he created a new strain of sheep"
"she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
"his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
"they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
"he grabbed the cue by the stock"
"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'"
"a stock answer"
"a standard size" "a stock item"
"Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
"stock a rifle"
"stock a lake"
"stock a farm"
"let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
"stock the larder with meat"
"the plant sprouted early this year"