ordinary stock

noun

1. British. common stock.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ordinary stock¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

This method of letting-in the knuckle flush is a useful one for box work because the ordinary stock brass butt hinge can be used.

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Preferred stock is stock which is guaranteed certain advantages over ordinary stock.

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We found that he had left dates, wheat, and a little olive-oil and mutton-fat—the ordinary stock of all families in Fezzan.

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This impressive story, which is as remote as possible in style from the ordinary stock incident, is probably authentic.

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Wider flat frames of any thickness can, of course, be cut out from the ordinary stock.

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