noun

1. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

Synonym: price reductiondeduction

2. an amount or percentage deducted

Synonym: deduction

3. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Synonym: rebate

4. interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

Synonym: discount ratebank discount

verb

1. make attractive or acceptable

e.g. Honesty recommends any person

2. push for something

e.g. The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day

Synonym: urgeadvocate

3. express a good opinion of

Synonym: commend

noun

1. any animals kept for use or profit

Synonym: livestockfarm animal

2. an ornamental white cravat

Synonym: neckcloth

3. the merchandise that a shop has on hand

e.g. they carried a vast inventory of hardware
they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory

Synonym: inventory

4. the handle end of some implements or tools

e.g. he grabbed the cue by the stock

5. the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun

e.g. the rifle had been fitted with a special stock

Synonym: gunstock

6. lumber used in the construction of something

e.g. they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter

7. liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered
used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces

e.g. she made gravy with a base of beef stock

Synonym: broth

8. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

e.g. he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
he created a new strain of sheep

Synonym: breedstrain

9. the descendants of one individual

e.g. his entire lineage has been warriors

Synonym: lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeancestryoriginparentagestemma

10. any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

Synonym: Malcolm stock

11. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

Synonym: gillyflower

12. a plant or stem onto which a graft is made
especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

13. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

Synonym: caudex

14. the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)

e.g. he owns a controlling share of the company's stock

15. a supply of something available for future use

e.g. he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Synonym: storefund

16. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation

e.g. the value of his stocks doubled during the past year

Synonym: stock certificate

17. the reputation and popularity a person has

e.g. his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor

noun

1. the act of apportioning or distributing something

e.g. the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions

2. the act of distributing playing cards

e.g. the deal was passed around the table clockwise

3. a particular instance of buying or selling

e.g. it was a package deal
I had no further trade with him
he's a master of the business deal

Synonym: tradebusiness deal

4. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

e.g. he made a bargain with the devil
he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals

Synonym: bargain

5. the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)

e.g. he got a good deal on his car

6. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

e.g. I didn't hold a good hand all evening
he kept trying to see my hand

Synonym: hand

7. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

e.g. a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money

Synonym: batchflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwad

8. wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

Synonym: softwood

9. a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

adj

1. high in price or charging high prices

e.g. expensive clothes
an expensive shop

noun

1. putting clothes on to see whether they fit

Synonym: try-ontrying on

2. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

Synonym: appointment

3. a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

4. making or becoming suitable
adjusting to circumstances

Synonym: adjustmentaccommodation

noun

1. anything indispensable

e.g. food and shelter are necessities of life
the essentials of the good life
allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained

Synonym: necessityessentialrequirementrequisite