Character (n.) A distinctive mark |
Character (n.) Style of writing or printing |
Character (n.) The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others |
Character (n.) Strength of mind |
Character (n.) Moral quality |
Character (n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity |
Character (n.) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing |
Character (n.) A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. |
Character (n.) A unique or extraordinary individuality |
Character (n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel. |
Character (v. t.) To engrave |
Character (v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits |
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 |
incentive option incentive stock option | an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals |
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 |
livestock stock farm animal | any animals kept for use or profit |
American Stock Exchange AMEX Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
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 |
character | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
character fiber fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
sex characteristic sexual characteristic sex character | those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
primary sex characteristic primary sexual characteristic primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic secondary sexual characteristic secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
stocktaking stock-taking | reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook |
quality character lineament | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something, each town has a quality all its own, the radical character of our demands |
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 |
character role theatrical role part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
ASCII character set | (computer science) characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme, the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set |
stock-index futures | a futures contract based on a stock index, a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks |
character set | an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing |
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 |
character reference character reference | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability, requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
character assassination assassination blackwash | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
character grapheme graphic symbol | a written symbol that is used to represent speech, the Greek alphabet has characters |
check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
ASCII character | any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers |
control character ASCII control character | ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace, typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time |
backspace character | a control character that indicates moving a space to the left |