The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STOCK
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What does STOCK mean?
STOCK noun- A store or supply.
- The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
- Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
- A bar, stick or rod.
- A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- A cover for the legs; a stocking.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (by extension) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
- The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- (in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- To have on hand for sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
- To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.