Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger |
Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress |
Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action |
Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified |
Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. |
Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard |
Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. |
Check (n.) Small chick or crack. |
Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check |
Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon |
Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check |
Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove. |
Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. |
Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in |
Check (v. i.) To make a stop |
Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere. |
Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint. |
Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying |
Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
Check (a.) Checkered |
Cheque (n.) See Check. |
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. |
incentive option incentive stock option | an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals |
check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup medical checkup medical examination medical exam medical health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
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 |
check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
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 |
attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
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 |
bridle check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
livestock stock farm animal | any animals kept for use or profit |
American Stock Exchange AMEX Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
neckcloth stock | an ornamental white cravat |
New York Stock Exchange N. Y. Stock Exchange NYSE big board | a stock exchange in New York |
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 |
check chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
hindrance hinderance deterrent impediment balk baulk check handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
assay check | an appraisal of the state of affairs, they made an assay of the contents, a check on its dependability under stress |
countercheck double check | something that checks the correctness of a previous check |
stocktaking stock-taking | reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook |
confirmation verification check substantiation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct, fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory |
bed check | a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be |
parity check redundancy check odd-even check | a system of checking for errors in computer functioning |
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 |
cyclic redundancy check | an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data |
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 |
check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |
stub check stub counterfoil | the part of a check that is retained as a record |