The idea of stock refers to the quantity of products or goods that are available.
Stock is a term from the English language that, in our language , refers to the quantity of goods or products that an organization or an individual has at a certain time to meet certain objectives.
The notion can be associated with an inventory (the document that records and orders all the merchandise that is stored) or with stocks (the available goods that a company has for commercial exploitation). For example: "I'm sorry, but we don't have that product in stock" , "Don't forget to call the supplier to bring more reams: we have few left in stock" , "The company's production grew a lot and, simultaneously , sales fell; That's why the stock increased .
Let's look at a simple situation to understand what stock is. A company is dedicated to the wholesale distribution of wine, which purchases directly from the producing wineries. Your stock will be determined by the different bottles of wine you store in the warehouse and in your store . If you run out of bottles of a particular wine, it can be said that you ran out of stock of the product in question.
Stock in geology and finance
In the same way, we cannot forget that stock is also a term that is used within the field of geology. Exactly, it is used to refer to a rock mass of less than 100 square kilometers that also has the peculiarity that it is the result of both wind and rain erosion.
There are various types, such as circular or elliptical, and one of the best known is the Saint-Hilaire stock, located in Qebec, which reaches 414 meters in altitude.
In English, stock also refers to shares or securities . That is why the stock market is known as a stock exchange .
In English, stock is the term that refers to an action or value.
A common surname
Likewise, it should be taken into account that the term in question can also be used as a surname. A good example of this is that there are numerous famous people who have it, as would be the case of the following:
-Alfred Stock (1876 – 1946). He was an important scientist of German origin, which is why there is currently a relevant award in his country that bears his name. Of particular note are the works he carried out on silicon and boron hydrides.
-Franz Stock (1904 – 1948). This is a priest who has gone down in history for having helped countless French prisoners who were imprisoned in Paris as a result of the Nazi repression carried out. Specifically, even putting his own life in danger, he not only assisted the prisoners but also, without being discovered by the authorities, exchanged information between them and their families. All this without overlooking that he also advised and prepared them so that when their trials arrived they would declare what was going to cause them a lesser sentence.
Stock car
Stock car , finally, is a mass -produced automobile that is used in sports competitions.
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR ) is the most popular category of this type, although modified vehicles are currently used and not "factory" ones .