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  • 1Stocks Market —    The City market so called occupied a large tract of ground at the junction of Coruhill, Threadneedle Street, Lombard Street and the Poultry, including not only the site of the old City market called the Stocks, but also of the church of St.… …

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  • 2Stocks — are devices used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. The stocks are similar to the pillory and the pranger, as each consists of large, hinged, wooden boards; the difference, however, is that when a… …

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  • 3stocks — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem …

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  • 4Stocks for the Long Run — Infobox Book name = Stocks for the Long Run title orig = translator = image caption = author = Jeremy J. Siegel illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject = genre = publisher = McGraw Hill pub date = 1994 english pub date …

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  • 5Stocks Reservoir — Infobox lake lake name = Stocks Reservoir image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Lancashire coords = coord|53|59|45|N|2|24|50|W|type:waterbody region:GB|display=inline,title type = reservoir inflow =… …

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  • 6Stocks — This interesting name is of early medieval English origin. It has has at least five possible sources. The first being that it is residential for somebody who lived at a place called Stock, such as Stock Gaylard in Dorset, or perhaps Stocksbridge… …

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  • 7called away — Convertible: redeemed before maturity. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Option: call or put option exercised against the stockholder. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary sale: delivery required on a short sale. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary ( …

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  • 8stocks —  a collection of sheaves of corn, being ten, set up together, and covered by two. N. Called also thrave. See thrave …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 9Treasury stocks — / treʒəri stɒkz/ plural noun stocks issued by the British government. Also called Exchequer stocks …

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  • 10Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks — Mary Danvers Stocks, Baroness Stocks (25 July 1891 6 July 1975) née Brinton, was a British writer. She was the daughter of a London Doctor. She was closely associated with the Strachey, the Wedgwood and the Ricardo families. Her family was deeply …

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