Exchange
(n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent |
Exchange
(n.) The act of substituting one thing in the place of another |
Exchange
(n.) The thing given or received in return |
Exchange
(n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills |
Exchange
(n.) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. |
Exchange
(n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. |
Exchange
(n.) To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent |
Exchange
(n.) To part with for a substitute |
Exchange
(n.) To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind |
Exchange
(v. i.) To be changed or received in exchange for |
Mahon stock
() An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean. |
Stock
(n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant |
Stock
(n.) The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. |
Stock
(n.) A block of wood |
Stock
(n.) Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post |
Stock
(n.) The principal supporting part |
Stock
(n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured |
Stock
(n.) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring |
Stock
(n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted |
Stock
(n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor. |
Stock
(n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself. |
Stock
(n.) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws |
Stock
(n.) 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. |
Stock
(n.) The original progenitor |
Stock
(n.) Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business |
Stock
(n.) Same as Stock account, below. |
Stock
(n.) Supply provided |
Stock
(n.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm |
Stock
(n.) 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 |
Stock
(n.) A thrust with a rapier |
Stock
(n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot |
Stock
(n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck |
Stock
(n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment. |
Stock
(n.) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building. |
Stock
(n.) Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. |
Stock
(n.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola |
Stock
(n.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone. |
Stock
(n.) A race or variety in a species. |
Stock
(n.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc. |
Stock
(n.) The beater of a fulling mill. |
Stock
(n.) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking |
Stock
(v. t.) To lay up |
Stock
(v. t.) To provide with material requisites |
Stock
(v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows. |
Stock
(v. t.) To put in the stocks. |
Stock
(a.) Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply |
Stock-blind
(a.) Blind as a stock |
Stock-still
(a.) Still as a stock, or fixed post |
Tool-stock
(n.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped. |
incentive option
incentive stock option | an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals |
| exchange | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value, the endgame began after the exchange of queens |
| exchange | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop, black lost the exchange |
substitution
exchange commutation | the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help |
| exchange transfusion | slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood |
split stock split
split up | an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity, they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock |
reverse split
reverse stock split
split down | a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
technical analysis
technical analysis of stock trends | (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes |
inventory
inventorying
stocktaking
stock-taking | making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand, an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing, they held an inventory every month |
stocktake
stock-take | an instance of stocktaking, the auditor did not attend the stocktake or check the valuations |
| stock issue | (corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time |
exchange
interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries), he earns his living from the interchange of currency |
| exchange | the act of giving something in return for something received, deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable |
| exchange interchange | the act of changing one thing for another thing, Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience, there was an interchange of prisoners |
rally
exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes, after a short rally Connors won the point |
livestock
stock
farm animal | any animals kept for use or profit |
American Stock Exchange
AMEX
Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
commodity exchange
commodities exchange
commodities market | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
| corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
| exchange | a workplace for buying and selling, open only to members |
futures exchange
futures market
forward market | a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded |
neckcloth
stock | an ornamental white cravat |
New York Stock Exchange
N. Y. Stock Exchange
NYSE
big board | a stock exchange in New York |
post exchange
PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
| rolling stock | collection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier |
stock
inventory | the merchandise that a shop has on hand, they carried a vast inventory of hardware, they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory |
| stock | the handle end of some implements or tools, he grabbed the cue by the stock |
| stock gunstock | 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 |
| stock | lumber used in the construction of something, they will cut round stock to -inch diameter |
| stock car | a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car |
| stock car | a car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales |
stock exchange
stock market
securities market | an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers |
| stock-in-trade | any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation, friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade |
stockroom
stock room | storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business |
stock saddle
Western saddle | an ornamented saddle used by cowboys, has a high horn to hold the lariat |
ticker
stock ticker | a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape |
stocktaking
stock-taking | reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook |
| stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
employee stock ownership plan
ESOP | a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company |
| stock-index futures | a futures contract based on a stock index, a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks |
inventory
stock list | a detailed list of all the items in stock |
| stock power | a power of attorney document to transfer ownership of a registered security from the owner to another party |
| stock symbol | the letters used to identify listed companies on the securities exchanges where they are traded |
stock index
stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
| stock warrant | a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time |
| summer stock | theatrical productions performed by a stock company during the summer |
| exchange | a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one), they had a bitter exchange |
beef broth
beef stock | a stock made with beef |