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You know your father operates in the afternoon; why don't you go to your room and work on stock market reports or whatever you do in there.
p. 11.6

stock = related to shares of ownership of corporations
Go for broke, the will said.
"In the stock market," Turtle said. "And whoever makes the most money wins it all, the whole two hundred million dollars."
p. 42.5 *
Their clues: "SEA MOUNTAIN AM O" stood for symbols of three corporations listed on the stock exchange: SEA, MT (the abbreviation for mountain), AMO.
p. 42.6
We'll do just that, we'll add WPP to the list of stocks we're going to buy.
p. 43.4

stocks = shares of ownership of different corporations
You know, Turtle, you may be right about putting our money in the stock market.
p. 43.6

stock = related to shares of ownership of corporations
She is not following any stock with a symbol like MT, so it must be one of her clues.
p. 50.4

stock = shares of ownership of a corporation
Now if only the stock market would go up, she'd show Mr. Westing about refining gold.
p. 54.7

stock = shares of ownership of corporations
You'd think one of them would know something about the stock market.
p. 62.1

stock = related to shares of ownership of corporations
It felt good to laugh; the stock market had fallen five points today.
p. 70.1
The stock market had dropped another twelve points.
p. 75.9
"I'm okay," Turtle replied, the final prices of actively traded stocks rumbling in her ear.
p. 76.4

stocks = shares of ownership of different corporations
"Look, there goes one of our stocks," Turtle replied.
p. 80.2
Never mind, just write down the prices of our stocks as they cross the tape like I'm doing.
p. 80.4
On that stock alone they had a loss of $1,350, not counting commissions.
p. 80.6

stock = shares of ownership of a corporation
It took nerves of steel to play the stock market.
p. 80.6

stock = related to shares of ownership of corporations
Besides, I didn't pick these stocks.
p. 88.4

stocks = shares of ownership of different corporations
The dressmaker thought of the clue Chris had dropped; no stock symbol had five letters or even resembled the word plain.
p. 88.5

stock = related to shares of ownership of corporations
Her only problem was that dumb stock market; it didn't want to play the game.
p. 90.4
So was the stock market, which fell another six points.
p. 99.4
In the morning the stock market rose three points.
p. 100.1
That meant selling every stock mentioned in their clues and buying more shares of Westing Paper Products—at a loss of some thousands of dollars.
p. 103.7

stock = share of ownership of a corporation
So every half hour Turtle had to ask permission to go to the lavatory in order to keep up with the latest stock market reports.
p. 112.7

stock = related to shares of ownership of corporations
Plays the stock market.
p. 116.9
In spite of the fact that the stock market dropped thirty points since we received our ten thousand dollars, we have increased our capital to $11,587.
p. 143.1
The stock market jumped twenty-five points.
p. 176.9
She had made one million dollars in the stock market, lost it all, then made five million more.
p. 179.9
She had been his legal adviser; she would inherit his stock and serve as a director of the company until the day she, too, would be elected chairman of the board.
p. 182.6

stock = shares of ownership of a corporation

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So take stock in America, my heirs, and sing in praise of this generous land.†
p. 30.7
Take stock in America, the will said.†
p. 42.4 *
So take stock in America, my heirs, and sing in praise of this generous land.†
p. 165.9

Definitions:

(1) (stock as in: the stock market)
shares of ownership of a corporation
(2) (meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus)
There are many other common meanings of stock such as:
- goods or merchandise available for sale
- animals raised for sale such as cattle or pigs
- a broth used for soup
- the part of a rifle to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached
- paper used by a printer or publisher

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