🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

株式

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kabushiki

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stock/stɒk/
nounverbadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は将来のために優良企業の株式を購入した。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The goods or merchandise kept on hand by a business or commercial establishment for sale or use.

    "The supermarket needs to replenish its stock of fresh vegetables before the weekend."
  2. 2

    The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares representing fractional ownership.

    "She decided to invest her savings in technology stocks to build long-term wealth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'stocc', meaning 'tree trunk or log', originating from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz. Over centuries, the meaning shifted via the notion of a sturdy post or fixed fund to denote capital, merchandise inventory, and shares in corporate ownership.

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