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stock Noun

— Your stock is the collection of things that you have available, usually to sell. It depend on where the store got its stock from. Storms cause a great deal of damage to the nation's housing stock. Going out of business! All stock must be sold. They kept a stock of food in the basement. Publishing such experiments adds to our stock of knowledge. Police found a stock of weapons in the house. I asked the stock boy where to find the juice. Overfishing has wiped out much of the world's fish stocks. — If something is in stock it is at the store and available for sale. I think we have five more in stock. — If something is out of stock it is not at the store and available for sale. I'm sorry, we're all out of stock. — Stock is a basic soup made from boiling meat, bones, or vegetables. Add a cup of chicken stock and half a cup of cream and cook for 10 minutes. — If you take stock of a situation, you think about it and plan what to do next.

stock Verb

— If a store stocks a product, it has it available to be sold. They are expensive, and most stores won't stock them. — If you stock mathx/math with mathy/math, you fill mathx/math with mathy/math. I've stocked the fridge with beer for the party. — If you stock up on something, you get more than you use in a short time. Residents there are stocking up on food and water for the winter.

stock Adjective

— If something is stock, it is the usual one with no special changes or additions. The car's engine, tires, brakes and steering are all stock. The stories are boring and rely on stock characters. Just get any stock photo of a business meeting.

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exchange Verb

— Two people exchange two things when each person gives a thing to the other person. They can exchange two things, or they can exchange a thing for money. The children can exchange toys so that each child has a new toy to play with.

exchange Noun

— An exchange is the act of exchanging. I did well in that exchange. Now I have three good new books, and I only paid a little money.

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tip Noun

— The tip of something is the farthest point of it. She runs her finger down the bird's back and to the tip of its tail. He followed the line on the map with his finger tip. She cut herself by accident with the tip of the knife. A common fishing accident is to get a rod tip in the eye. He grew up not far from the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of South Africa. — A tip is words or ideas that help you solve a problem. Police say anonymous tips have led them to more than 20 of the stolen items. Here's a quick tip. The skis should come up to your chin. — A tip is a small amount of money that you give to somebody to thank them for good service. — If something is the tip of the iceberg, it is just a small part of something much bigger. The problems we've seen today are just the tip of the iceberg. — If something is on the tip of your tongue, you feel that you know it, but you can't say it. I wanted the words to come out; They were on the tip of my tongue, but my mind still wasn't clear.

tip Verb

— If something tips, the top of it moves to one side more than the bottom. The piano tipped over as we were putting it on the truck. He tipped his head one way, then the other, looking at it carefully. — If you tip something into something else, you pour it. He tipped the water out of the glass by accident. — If you tip somebody, you give them money to thank them for good service. — If you tip somebody off, you tell them about something that's going to happen. The police were tipped off by a phone call. — If you tip your hat, you touch it or pick it up when you meet or leave somebody. — If you tip your hat to somebody, you thank or congratulate them.

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