2020年11月10日 星期二

fuel, stock, restock, add fuel to the fire/flames, stock-in-trade, rumour-monger, war loan, dividend

“I don’t think any of us have been through an experience like this.”
The pandemic is prompting Americans to buy more groceries and other daily necessities.
BLOOMBERG.COM
Walmart to Cut Store Hours, Giving It More Time to Restock



The New Yorker
Now that Holly Hunter is fifty-nine, mothers are necessarily a stock-in-trade. “It’s the sexism of movies,” she said.

The actress, who plays a fiercely protective mom in both “The Big Sick” and “Strange Weather,” remembers her start.
NEWYORKER.COM


While rumor-mongering has long been a stock in trade on Wall Street, the new era of virtually untraceable communication has added fuel to the gossip fire, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column.

Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
SNOWDON: Bejing still considers Taiwan a breakaway province that will eventually be reunited with the homeland. But times are changing, relations are ...

war loan
Stock issued by the government to raise funds at a time of war.




福自太空來 香港:今日世界,1975.10
很有意思。我很關心衛星對森林大火的預防,不知為何現在無法更有效率地及時撲滅?
Dividends from space (1971) 福自太空來 (1975)
HCSSTT.BLOGSPOT.COM
Dividends from space (1971) 福自太空來 (1975)
福自太空來 香港:今日世界,1975.10 很有意思。我很關心衛星對森林大火的預防,不知為何現在無法更有效率地及時撲滅? Frederick Ira Ordway Dividends from space (English) Hardcover – 1971 Frederick ...


dividend
n.
  1. Mathematics. A quantity to be divided.
    1. A share of profits received by a stockholder or by a policyholder in a mutual insurance society.
    2. A payment pro rata to a creditor of a person adjudged bankrupt.
    1. A share of a surplus; a bonus.
    2. An unexpected gain, benefit, or advantage.
[Alteration (influenced by French dividende) of Middle English divident, from Latin dīvidēns, dīvident-, present participle of dīvidere, to divide. See divide.]

stock

  
━━ n. (木の)幹, 茎; 切り株; (つぎ木の)台木; (機械・道具の)台, 柄; 銃床; (錨のてっぺんにわたした)横棒; 【史】(the ~s) (罪人の)さらし台; (the ~s) 造船台; (家族の)系図, 血統, 家柄; (動植物などの)種族; 【言】語族; 【動】群体; もとで, 資本; 株式; 〔英〕 公債(証書); 貯え ((of)); 貯蔵[収集]品; 在庫品, ストック; ((集合的)) (農耕のもとでである)家畜; (工業の)原料; (スープやソースのもとの)煮出し汁; 〔米〕 レパートリー劇団(による上演) ((cf. stock company)); そのレパートリー; ばかげたもの, あざけりの的; 評判; (昔の幅広の)えり飾り; 【植】アラセイトウ.
 in [out of] stock 持合わせて[品切れで].
 on the stocks (船が)建造中; 計画中.
 put stock in …を重んじる, …を信用する.
 stock in trade 在庫品; 商売道具; 必要品[手段].
 stock of knowledge うん蓄.
 stocks and stones 木石, 偶像; 無情な人間; でくのぼうども.
 take stock 在庫品を調べる; 見積もる, 評価[調査]する (take ~ of the situation).
 take stock in …に関与する; …を重んじる, …を信用する; …に投資する; …に関心を持つ.
━━ a. 手持ち[在荷]の; 普通の, ありふれた; 家畜飼育の; 株[公債]の.
━━ v. 仕入れる ((up; with)); 貯蔵する, 供給する; 備える; …に台をつける; (家畜を)備える; …に種をまく.
 stock up with [on] …を仕入れる.
 stock・breeder 牧畜業者.
 stock・broker 株式仲買人.
stockbroker belt 〔英〕 都市周辺の高級住宅地.
 stock・broking 株式仲買業.
 stock・car 〔米〕 家畜運搬貨車; =stocker.
 stock certificate 〔米〕 株券.
 stock company 〔米〕 株式会社; 〔米〕 レパートリー劇団.
 stock control 【商業】在庫管理(の部局).
 stock corporation 【経済】株式会社.
 stock cube 固形スープの素.
 stock dividend 〔米〕 【金融】株式配当, 配当株式.
stock dividend payable 【株】予定株式配当.
 stock exchange (the ~) 株式取引(所) (on the ~); 株式売買人組合.
Stock Exchange Automated Quotations Sstem 〔英〕 【株】(ロンドン国際証券取引所の)証券取引自動表示システム ((株価表示と取引記録のコンピュータ・システム;略SEAQ)).
Stock Exchange Automatic Exchange Facility 【株】(ロンドン国際証券取引所の)証券取引自動処理装置 ((証券取引業務の自動処理と記録を行うコンピュータ・システム;略SEAF)).
Stock Exchange Daily Offical List 【株】(the ~) (ロンドン国際証券取引所の)証券取引公式日報.
 stock farm 畜産場.
stock farmer 畜産業者.
stock farming 牧畜業.
 stock・fish 干し魚, ひもの.
 stock・holder 株主.
stockholder's equity 【簿】株主持ち分.
 stock-in-trade 常套(じょうとう)手段, 常用するもの, おはこ.
 stock・ist ━━ n. 〔英〕 仕入れ商; 〔英〕 特約店(主).
 stock・jobber 〔英〕 【株】(証券)ジョバー ((従来は会員のみを相手に自己勘定で売買取引を専門に行っていた会員業者;現在は一般との売買取引も行う)). 〔米〕 〔けなして〕 相場師.
 stock jobbing 〔米俗〕 【株】いんちき証券の違法な売りつけ.
 stock・man 〔米〕 牧畜業者; 〔豪〕 牧場使用人; 〔米〕 在庫品係.
 stock market 株式市場[売買・相場].
stock market valuation 【株】株式市場評価額 ((発行株式数にその企業の株式時価を乗算した会社価値)).
 stock on hand 【経営】手持ち在庫.
 stock・out 在庫品切れ, 在庫切れ.
 stock phrase きまり文句.
 stock・pile ━━ n., v. 貯蔵原料[兵器]; (緊急用物資の)貯蔵(をする); 核兵器蓄積(をする).
 stock・pot スープなべ.
 stock power 【法】株式名義書き換え委任状.
 stock purchase plan 【経営】(社員)株式購入制度 ((通常,市価よりも安い価格で購入できる特典付き)).
 (stock purchase) warrant 〔米〕 【株】株式購入権証券, 株式買受権証券.
 stock raising 牧畜.
 stock right 【株】新株引受権, 新株買受権.
 stock・room 貯蔵室, 倉庫.
 stock split [splitting] 【株】株式の分割・併合.
 stock-still ━━ a. 動かない.
 stock・taking 【商業】棚おろし, 在庫品調べ; (一般に)成績[現状]調査.
 stock ticker 株式相場表示器.
 stock transfer form ⇒transfer form.
 stock turnover 【商業】商品回転率, 在庫品回転率.
 stock valuation 【会計】在庫品評価.
 stock・y ━━ a. ずんぐりした, がっしりした.
stock・i・ly ad.
stock・i・ness n.
 stock・yard 家畜置場.

rumour-monger
noun [C]
a person who spreads rumours




stock-in-trade
noun [U]
1 the typical characteristics or behaviour of someone or something:
The song was perfect for the soft vocals that are her stock-in-trade.

2 OLD-FASHIONED the tools and other objects that you need for your job

stock-in-trade
ˌstɒkɪnˈtreɪd/
noun
  1. 1.
    the typical subject or commodity a person, company, or profession uses or deals in.

    "information is our stock-in-trade"
  2. 2.
    the goods kept in hand by a business for the purposes of its trade.

    "my client will provide sufficient funds for you to purchase your stock-in-trade"


add fuel to the fire/flames
to make an argument or bad situation worse:
The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire.


fuel
noun
UK 
 
/ˈfjuː.əl/
 US 
 
/ˈfjuː.əl/
B1 C or U ]
substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned
燃料;燃燒劑
Wood, coaloilpetrol, and gas are all different kinds of fuel.木材、煤炭、石油、汽油和煤氣是不同種類的燃料。
Plutonium is a fuel used to produce nuclear energy.鈽是一種用來産生核能量的燃料。
nuclear fuel核燃料
unleaded fuel無鉛燃料
The new exhaust system, it is claimed, will lower fuel consumption.據稱新的排氣裝置會降低燃料的消耗。

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