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Stocks
STOCKS.
[See under Stock.]Definition 2024
Stocks
stocks
stocks
See also: Stocks
English
The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England.
Noun
stocks
- plural of stock
Noun
stocks
- (plural only) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
- (nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
Translations
device for public humiliation and punishment
Verb
stocks
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of stock