reserve vs stock

reserve

noun
  • A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play. 

  • A reserve price in an auction. 

  • Wine held back and aged before being sold. 

  • A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 

  • Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain. 

  • The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. 

  • A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose 

  • A resist. 

  • Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. 

  • A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit. 

  • In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified. 

  • A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates. 

  • A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.) 

  • Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements. 

  • A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited. 

verb
  • To keep back; to retain. 

  • To book in advance; to make a reservation. 

  • To keep in store for future or special use. 

stock

noun
  • A stack of undealt cards made available to the players. 

  • A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. 

  • In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc. 

  • Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola. 

  • Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup. 

  • The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued. 

  • The plant upon which the scion is grafted. 

  • A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore) 

  • Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. 

  • The type of paper used in printing. 

  • Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one. 

  • Lineage, family, ancestry. 

  • The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder. 

  • Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed. 

  • The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder. 

  • The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. 

  • The tailstock of a lathe. 

  • The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc. 

  • A share in a company. 

  • A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions. 

  • A store of goods ready for sale; inventory. 

  • A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar. 

  • A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. 

  • Farm or ranch animals; livestock. 

  • A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes. 

  • A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle 

  • The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use. 

  • A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings. 

  • The beater of a fulling mill. 

  • Stock theater, summer stock theater. 

  • A ski pole. 

  • A supply of anything ready for use. 

  • A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily. 

  • The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc. 

  • The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction. 

  • The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market. 

  • Railroad rolling stock. 

  • The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches. 

adj
  • Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic. 

  • Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock. 

  • Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car. 

verb
  • To put in the stocks as punishment. 

  • To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale. 

  • To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place. 

  • To have on hand for sale. 

  • To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply. 

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