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Method to increase a company's shares
A stock split or stock divide increases the number of shares in a company. For example, after a 2-for-1 split, each investor will own double the number
Stock_split
Financial process
In finance, a reverse stock split or reverse split is a process by which shares of corporate stock are effectively merged to form a smaller number of proportionally
Reverse_stock_split
Stated value or face value of a financial instrument
where stock issuance prices must usually be published. The par value of stock remains unchanged in a bonus stock issue but it changes in a stock split. In
Par_value
Form of corporate equity ownership
Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. The terms voting share and ordinary share are also used frequently outside of
Common_stock
American stock market index composed of 30 industry leaders
whenever a constituent company undergoes a stock split so that the value of the index is unaffected by the stock split. First calculated on May 26, 1896, the
Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Topics referred to by the same term
up Split or split in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia Split Island
Split
Common shares of small public companies that trade for less than five dollars per share
stock price fall to below $1.00 per share frequently perform a reverse stock split in order to avoid delisting. When considering penny stocks, investors
Penny_stock
American data management company, acquired by Google in 2020
October 2020 media reports claimed that Actifio had implemented a reverse stock split at a ratio of 100,000-to-one, effectively eliminating the shareholdings
Actifio
Shares distributed by a company to its current shareholders
capital. Another difference between a bonus issue and a stock split is that while a stock split usually also splits the company's authorized share capital
Bonus_share
Financial metric which investors use to determine market performance
constituent stock. However, a stock split for any constituent stock of the index would cause the weight in the index of the stock that split to decrease
Stock_market_index
American multinational mass media company
Corporation, with the new News Corp being a new company formed by a stock split. Since March 2019, Fox Corporation, which holds 21st Century Fox's national
News_Corp
American biotechnology company
Computer Motion, the stock of Intuitive was selling at around $14 per share, adjusted for stock splits. After the merger, the stock price rose significantly
Intuitive_Surgical
Japanese stock market index
adjusted each time there is a change in the index's constituents, or a stock split occurs (unless when compensated for the price adjustment factor).[clarification
Nikkei_225
American mortgage origination firm
assistant, Betsy. In August 2024, Better executed a 1-for-50 reverse stock split to maintain Nasdaq's minimum bid-price requirement. In April 2025, Better
Better.com
American multinational fast food corporation
enjoyment of food, as its stock ticker symbol since it was spun off in 1997. On June 6, 2002, Yum! executed a two-for-one stock split. Shortly afterwards,
Yum!_Brands
Event initiated by a public company
actions such as stock split may have an indirect financial impact, as the increased liquidity of shares may cause the price of the stock to decrease. Some
Corporate_action
Software solutions company in the healthcare industry
company was approximately $57m. The company made a 1-for-15 reverse stock split in December, 2022. "NantHealth Annual Report (Form 10-K)". last10k.com
NantHealth
Brazilian stock exchange and OTC market
Bolsa, Balcão (in English, B3 – Brazil Stock Exchange and Over-the-Counter Market), formerly BM&FBOVESPA, is a stock exchange located in São Paulo, Brazil
B3_(stock_exchange)
American company
a reverse stock split to maintain its listing with investors. Allbirds underwent a 1-for-20 consolidation on September 4, 2024; its stock price was $9
Allbirds
Ski resort in Montana, United States
enough shares to exchange for a post-split share were required to cash-out their stock. WSI's handling of the reverse split was criticized and resulted in animosity
Whitefish_Mountain_Resort
Income return on an investment expressed as a percentage of its value
Reverse stock split Share repurchase Shareholder value Short selling Short squeeze Slippage Speculation Squeeze-out Stock dilution Stock exchange Stock market
Yield_(finance)
American holding company in New York City
value for our shareholders." The spin-off was structured as a tax-free stock split, in which MSG Entertainment shareholders would receive one share in the
Sphere_Entertainment
American holding company in New York City
as a "new" MSGE via a stock split. Sphere Entertainment would retain Sphere, MSG Networks, and a 33% stake in the new MSGE's stock. Ahead of the spin-off
Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Madison_Square_Garden_Entertainment
County Bancorp, Inc. (GCBC) declared a 2-for-1 stock split on outstanding common stock. The stock split essentially gave shareholders of record 2 shares
Bank_of_Greene_County
American multinational conglomerate holding company
2010 split, at 1⁄1,500 the price and 1⁄10,000 the voting rights of the Class-A shares. Holders of class A stock are allowed to convert their stock to Class
Berkshire_Hathaway
German online broker and bank
debited excessive tax from some customers more than a year after Nvidia's stock split, including one case involving €9,686. List of banks in Germany List of
Trade_Republic
Large cap index within the NASDAQ exchange
NDX) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It
Nasdaq-100
Japanese video game developer
for the PlayStation Portable. In May 2008, FromSoftware underwent a stock split. FromSoftware achieved breakout success in the 2010s, spurred by the
FromSoftware
City in Croatia
Split (/splɪt/; Croatian: [splît] , see other names) is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb. It is the largest city in Dalmatia
Split,_Croatia
American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
2021 (the completion of) a reverse stock split of GE common stock at a ratio of 1-for-8 and trading on a split-adjusted basis with a new ISIN number (US3696043013)
General_Electric
American international technology company
at Alphabet while retaining the same at Google. The firm completed a stock split in mid-2022. On January 20, 2023, Pichai wrote a letter to all employees
Alphabet_Inc.
Canadian entrepreneur and investor (born 1986)
share in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the company at approximately $55.5 billion, split evenly between cash and GameStop common stock. Cohen argued that
Ryan_Cohen
Company in Hong Kong, China
2023 it announced a 1 for 15 reverse stock split so it could regain the stock exchange's required US$1 per share stock price. Prenetics became the first
Prenetics
Term in finance
called stock price) low, partly based on "round lot" trading (multiples of 100 shares). A corporation can adjust its stock price by a stock split, substituting
Share_price
American technology company
6-for-1 reverse stock split of its common and preferred stock. C3 AI implemented a dual-class share structure in which Class A common stock had one vote
C3_AI
Hypothetical interest rate on a risk-free investment
utility of stock holding to the expected mean and variance of the returns of the portfolio. In reality, there may be other utility of stock holding, as
Risk-free_rate
American businessman (born 1944)
Retrieved January 28, 2018. Ponciano, Jonathan. "Tesla Files For Another Stock Split—Reveals Billionaire Larry Ellison To Leave Board". Forbes. Archived from
Larry_Ellison
American athletic equipment company
buyback, as well as a two-for-one stock split, with shares to begin trading at the decreased price on December 24. The split will be the seventh in company
Nike,_Inc.
Entity that manage company stock
changes in ownership. For example, when a company declares a stock dividend or stock split, the transfer agent issues new shares. Transfer agents keep
Stock_transfer_agent
Supply Chain Management Company
through a stock split. Bruce Rockowitz assumed the role of Chief Executive for the newly independent Global Brands Group, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Li_&_Fung
American kitchenware and home furnishings company
previous five years. In June 2024, the company announced a two-for-one stock split. Australia Bahrain Kuwait Qatar UAE Canada India Mexico South Korea Saudi
Williams-Sonoma,_Inc.
Blue-chip stock market index of Switzerland
The Swiss Market Index (SMI) is Switzerland's blue-chip stock market index, which makes it the most followed in the country. It is made up of 20 of the
Swiss_Market_Index
American multinational retail corporation operating department stores
began trading stock as a publicly held company on October 1, 1970, and was soon listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The first stock split occurred in
Walmart
Taiwanese semiconductor companies
semiconductor company "Big-M", a.k.a. MediaTek. MStar was a spin-off (2-1 stock split) from System General Technology in May 2002, where the power IC product
MStar
American optics company, 1979–2015
split into Viavi Solutions and Lumentum Holdings Inc. During the 1990s, JDS Uniphase stock was a high-flyer tech stock investor favorite. Its stock price
JDSU
Dividend paid to holders of a company's common shares
ownership in the corporation. Common stock Dividend Dividend reinvestment plan Financial regulation Stock split U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Common_stock_dividend
Reese Death Announceme nt". BradReeseCom. Retrieved December 22, 2017. "Stock Split History". The Hershey Company. Retrieved July 30, 2019. "The 1963 Reese/Hershey
List of top-selling candy brands
List_of_top-selling_candy_brands
American food company
Great?". Atlas Obscura. October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2017. "Stock Split History". The Hershey Company. Retrieved July 25, 2020. "The 1963 Reese/Hershey
The_Hershey_Company
Multinational management and technology consulting firm company
reverse stock split of the company's outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a ratio of one-for-fifty. The reverse stock split became effective
BearingPoint
American internet media and news company
burdened with debt. In May 2024, BuzzFeed implemented a 4:1 reverse stock split, bringing them above the $1 a share threshold. In May 2024, activist
BuzzFeed
Financial institution providing safekeeping and securities services
and other payments, corporate actions, the proceeds of a stock split or a reverse stock split, the ability to vote in the company's annual general meeting
Custodian_bank
American health care company
diagnostic divisions, along with a 1-for-5 reverse stock split to coincide with its relisting on the New York Stock Exchange. The sales would allow the company
Encompass_Health
American video game company
meeting, where THQ asked stockholders to approve a reverse split of the company's common stock. On June 4, 2012, THQ announced a deal to turn over its license
THQ
Tomi. "DryShips's stock plunges after reverse stock split announced". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2019-06-11. Kilgore, Tomi. "DryShips' stock extends plunge after
DryShips
American bank holding company
2024 NYCB announced the plans to submit one-for-three reverse stock split of its common stock to shareholders. On October 15, 2024, New York Community Bancorp
Flagstar_Bank
Term in finance
(1993). "Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers: Implications for Stock Market Efficiency". Journal of Finance. 48 (48): 65–91. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261
Momentum_(finance)
Italian industrialist and businessman
Emilio Stock (1868–1951) was an Italian industrialist and businessman of Jewish origin. Stock was born in Split, Croatia (at that time formally the Kingdom
Emil_Stock
Italian industrialist and businessman
Lionello Stock (1866–1948) was an Italian industrialist, businessman and owner of the Camis & Stock company (now Fernet Stock). Born in Split on 16 December
Lionello_Stock
American multinational beverage corporation
beverage concentrates and syrups, and alcoholic beverages. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a component of the DJIA and the S&P 500
The_Coca-Cola_Company
Bankrupt mobility technology company
its financial deterioration, Ideanomics conducted a 1-for-125 reverse stock split in August 2023 in an attempt to comply with Nasdaq's minimum bid price
Ideanomics
American entrepreneur and business executive (born 1965)
of the voting power. This increase in shares is mainly due to a MSTR stock split on August 8th 2024 at a 10:1 ratio for both class A and B shares. In
Michael_J._Saylor
American candy company
February 1935, after increasing wages by as much as 20%, the company's stock split two for one, becoming a sensational story carried nationally by the Associated
Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company
Peter_Paul_Candy_Manufacturing_Company
and Some Reflections". Qwikster. Retrieved September 19, 2011. "Netflix stock sinks as 800,000 subscribers quit – Oct. 25, 2011". CNN. Archived from the
Timeline_of_Netflix
2021 financial markets event
short squeeze caused the retailer's stock price to reach a pre-market value of over US$500 per share ($125 split-adjusted), nearly 30 times the $17.25
GameStop_short_squeeze
American mining company
Vol. 149, no. 3876. 7 October 1939. p. 2230. "Freeport Sulphur Co. - Stock Split Approved". Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Vol. 174, no. 5049. 24
Freeport-McMoRan
Manufacturer of telescopes, etc., based in Watsonville, California
summer of 2009, Meade announced a 20:1 reverse stock split in hopes of raising the value of their stock. By July 8, 2013, Meade Instruments faced a crucial
Meade_Instruments
Defunct American bookseller and retailer
company cancelled plans to ask shareholder permission for a reverse stock split. On August 11, 2009, Borders revealed the replacements for five of the
Borders_(retailer)
Defunct Ponzi scheme
game's Rule 13. Two weeks later, SG peremptorily announced a reverse stock split for its highest-yield company, applying a caveat in the definition for
Stock_Generation
American automobile racing company
Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing.
NASCAR
Economic theory that asset prices fully reflect all available information
propose the event study methodology and show that stock prices on average react before a stock split, but have no movement afterwards. In Fama's influential
Efficient-market_hypothesis
File format for financial data
by a separator line. The fields can be in any order (except that within split transactions, the category, amount, and memo must be adjacent). If a single
Quicken_Interchange_Format
American consumer foods brand
as in 1921, but in 1923, they were $22.25 million and a stock split, in the form of a 100% stock dividend, increased the authorized shares to 400,000. These
Post_Consumer_Brands
American fashion company
Delesline III, Nate (August 18, 2023). "Express plans layoffs, reverse stock split". Retail Dive. Retrieved October 24, 2023. Kline, Daniel (October 24
Express,_Inc.
for bankruptcy a few months later. AboveNet: Its stock rose 32% on the day it announced a stock split. Actua Corporation (formerly Internet Capital Group):
List of companies affected by the dot-com bubble
List_of_companies_affected_by_the_dot-com_bubble
Franco-Dutch multinational airline holding company
group. On 12 July 2023, Air France–KLM announced a 10-for-1 reverse stock split and an ISIN change on 31 August 2023. In October 2023, Air France–KLM
Air_France–KLM
American sanitation company
a reverse stock split replaced every ten existing shares in Swisher with one new share, as the company had to be brought out of penny stock territory
Swisher_Hygiene
American telecommunications company
formally split from nTelos following the close of business on October 31, 2011. Following a 1-for-2 reverse stock split of nTelos common stock, nTelos
Lumos_Networks
American global multi-level marketing company
company also announced that its shareholders had approved a two-for-one stock split. In January 2019, Herbalife announced that it was replacing Goudis after
Herbalife
Abbreviation identifying specific shares
A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular publicly listed company or security
Ticker_symbol
Corporation to reduce stock market risk
corporations on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Back in April 2013 there were 34 split share, and in March 2008 there were 63 split share corporations. The preferred
Split_share_corporation
British toy company
(By this time there had been a stock split. The 367p share price in the article is equivalent to 1468p before the split) Sameena Ahmad (25 November 1997)
Bluebird_Toys
American inventor and businessman (1879–1956)
Retrieved March 21, 2018. "H. B. Reese". NNDB. Retrieved March 20, 2018. "Stock Split History". The Hershey Company. Retrieved July 25, 2019. "The 1963 Reese/Hershey
H._B._Reese
Type of stock senior to common stock
Preferred stock (also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds) is a component of share capital that may have any combination
Preferred_stock
American video rental corporation (1985-2020)
company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after its shareholders failed to pass a reverse stock split plan aimed at heading off involuntary
Blockbuster_(retailer)
American semiconductor company
net income of $20 million. RFMD's stock price increased to a high of about $95 in March 1999, and the stock split several times. Following a supply agreement
RF_Micro_Devices
American billionaire investor
When he was 10 years old he purchased his first stock, one share of Johnson & Johnson (the stock split three-for-one and over time tripled his initial
Seth_Klarman
American candy made by Hershey's
from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2021. "Stock Split History". The Hershey Company. Retrieved July 25, 2019. "The 1963 Reese/Hershey
Reese's_Peanut_Butter_Cups
American manufacturing corporation
March 12, 1956 the common stock was split 2-for-1. One share of par $100 common stock worth $100 in 1901 would have been split 8x in 1923, 3x in 1926, 3x
Johns_Manville
American agricultural business
facilities, expanded its turf products division, and issued a 2-for-1 stock split and follow-on offering. The Andersons also opened a Specialty Food Market
The_Andersons
Retrieved 31 July 2024. "EACO Corporation Announces Acquisition and Reverse Stock Split". Business Wire. Retrieved 15 February 2016. Kickham, Victoria. "The
Bisco_industries
American computer storage company
Corporation Changes Name to Steel Excel Inc. and Completes Reverse/Forward Stock Split". Retrieved April 4, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival
Adaptec
industry during the Great Recession, PGIC conducts a 1-to-8 reverse stock split. 2009: PGIC files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, listing assets of $263,600
Mikohn_Gaming
Online audiobook and podcast service
Retrieved August 24, 2020. "Microsoft, MSFT, Investor Relations, Stock, Stock Split, Stock Price Look up, Investment Calculator". www.microsoft.com. Archived
Audible_(service)
American energy technology company
"Team Inc. closes sales of business unit to Baker Hughes, plans reverse stock split". American City Business Journals. "Team, Inc. Completes Sale of Quest
Baker_Hughes
Form of securities fraud
Companies using this kind of scheme tend to periodically reverse-split the stock. Other unscrupulous brokerage practices, include "bait-and-switch"
Microcap_stock_fraud
Historical emergence of Christianity
Council of Jerusalem and the First Council of Nicaea. Historiography of the split is complicated by a number of factors, including the diverse and syncretic
Split of Christianity and Judaism
Split_of_Christianity_and_Judaism
American automotive retailer
purchased by Republic Industries for $625 million, and a 2-for-1 stock split in Republic stock was also completed. In 1997, Republic continued its acquisitions
AutoNation
American computer software company
at the Wayback Machine managingautomation.com "PTC executes reverse stock split". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023. "PTC Strengthens
PTC_Inc.
Statement of changes in equity - Statutory accounting principles - Stock option - Stock split - Share capital - Shareholder - Shareholders' equity - South African
Index_of_accounting_articles
American electronics manufacturer
"The Nilco story". Retrieved January 11, 2009. "Hygrade Sylvania - Stock Split Approved". Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Vol. 154, no. 3981. September
Sylvania_Electric_Products
STOCK SPLIT
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Boy/Male
African, Indian, Sanskrit, Swahili
Crane; Stork
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English smoc, smok ‘smock’, ‘shift’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold such garments, or a nickname for someone who habitually wore a smock (the usual everyday working garment of a peasant).
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Lotus Stack
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lotus stack
Surname or Lastname
English (Lincolnshire) and Scottish
English (Lincolnshire) and Scottish : from an Old English personal name Tocca.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Theodicho, formed with Germanic theod- ‘people’, ‘tribe’. Compare Dietrich.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a turner, from Yiddish tok ‘turner’s lathe’ (see Tokar).
Boy/Male
English
From the tree stump.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Stock.Probably an Americanized form of Stokke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English schock, ‘shock’, ‘group of sheaves (of grain)’, either a metonymic occupational name for someone who arranged sheaves in a shock, or a descriptive nickname for someone whose hair stood up on end, thus resembling a shock of sheaves.Americanized spelling of German Schock.
Boy/Male
Czechoslovakian
Little stork.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stork ‘stork’, hence a nickname for a thin man with long legs, or perhaps occasionally a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In Yorkshire, where the name is most frequent, it may be a habitational name from a place so named (now known as Storkhill), near Beverley.North German : nickname for someone thought to resemble a stork, Middle Low German stork.German : habitational name from a place so named in Hesse.
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Holy Stick
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably for the most part a topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English stocke (Old English stocc). In some cases the reference may be to a primitive foot-bridge over a stream consisting of a felled tree trunk. Some early examples without prepositions may point to a nickname for a stout, stocky man or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of punishment stocks.German : from Middle German stoc ‘tree’, ‘tree stump’, hence a topographic name equivalent to 1, but sometimes also a nickname for an impolite or obstinate person.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Stock ‘stick’, ‘pole’.
Boy/Male
English
From the tree stump.
Girl/Female
Czechoslovakian
Little stork.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Jain, Marathi
Lotus Stack
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Incense Stick
Boy/Male
English
From the Tree Stump
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Stock.
Girl/Female
Welsh
Stork.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a large, well-built man, from Middle English stack ‘haystack’ (from Old Norse stakkr). The surname is now less common in England than in Ireland (especially County Kerry), where it was first taken in the 13th century; it has been Gaelicized Stac.German : variant of Staack.Americanized form of Polish or Czech Stach.
STOCK SPLIT
STOCK SPLIT
Boy/Male
Sikh
Lord Guru, Gurus sight
Boy/Male
Muslim
Stream, Motion, Night, God of death
Girl/Female
Greek American
Prophetess; oracle.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the three places named Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Wēola + -ing- (implying association with) + tūn ‘settlement’.Roger Wellington came to Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in 1636.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Son of the right hand
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Keisha, LAKEISHA means "cassia," a bark similar to cinnamon.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Truthful
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
A Mythical Snake with Jewel in Its Hood
Boy/Male
Hindu
STOCK SPLIT
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STOCK SPLIT
STOCK SPLIT
a.
Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon.
imp. & p. p.
of Stick
n.
Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
v. t.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
n.
An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.
a.
Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
n.
Same as Stock account, below.
v. t.
To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
a.
Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
n.
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
v. t.
Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
v. t.
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.
n.
A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
a.
Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
n.
A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
v. t.
To put in the stocks.
n.
Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).
n.
Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
n.
Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.