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Definition of Take stock

1. Verb. To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. "The customs agents take stock the bags for drugs "; "He scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"

2. Verb. Make or include in an itemized record or report. "Inventory all books before the end of the year"

Definition of Take stock

1. Verb. To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Stock

take shape take sick take sides take sign take silk take sitting down take somebody's word for it take someone's head off take someone's point take something as read

take something in one's stride take something in stride take something to the grave take stage take steps take stock (current term) take ten take that take the Fifth take the Fifth Amendment

take the Michael take the air take the biscuit take the bull by the horns take the cake take the con take the count take the cross take the cure

Literary usage of Take stock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"A charter was obtained by the defendant, and an offer made to the old stockholders to take stock in the new company by paying $15 per share, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1909)
"Incidental Power to take Stock upon Reorganization. — While it may be beyond the implied powers of a corporation to invest its funds in the stock of another ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1902)
"incidental power to take stock in payment or compromise of a debt. \ § 281. Incidental Power to take Stock In Exchange for Corporate Assets. ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"qualified voters of any local community therein, the proposition to take stock in any, or to levy any tax other than for common school purposes; or if, ..."

5. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1868)
"... Cayuga and Wayne, to issue bonds and take stock in and for the construction of the Lake Ontario Shore railroad," with power to report complete, ..."

6. The Statutory and Case Law Applicable to Private Companies Under the General by New Jersey, James Brooks Dill (1899)
"Certain corporations may take stock and bonds in other corporations in payment for labor and materials.—Corporations having for their object the building, ..."

7. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"Besides the advantage of competing for the premiums, a strong inducement 'o take stock to the show is presented in the opportunity it affords of making ..."

8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"A charter was obtained by the defendant, and an offer made to the old stockholders to take stock in the new company by paying $15 per share, ..."

9. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1909)
"Incidental Power to take Stock upon Reorganization. — While it may be beyond the implied powers of a corporation to invest its funds in the stock of another ..."

10. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1902)
"incidental power to take stock in payment or compromise of a debt. \ § 281. Incidental Power to take Stock In Exchange for Corporate Assets. ..."

11. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"qualified voters of any local community therein, the proposition to take stock in any, or to levy any tax other than for common school purposes; or if, ..."

12. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1868)
"... Cayuga and Wayne, to issue bonds and take stock in and for the construction of the Lake Ontario Shore railroad," with power to report complete, ..."

13. The Statutory and Case Law Applicable to Private Companies Under the General by New Jersey, James Brooks Dill (1899)
"Certain corporations may take stock and bonds in other corporations in payment for labor and materials.—Corporations having for their object the building, ..."

14. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"Besides the advantage of competing for the premiums, a strong inducement 'o take stock to the show is presented in the opportunity it affords of making ..."

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