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"

Exact synonyms: Scrutinise, Scrutinize, Size Up
Generic synonyms: Examine, See
Derivative terms: Scrutiniser, Scrutiny, Scrutiny, Scrutinizer, Scrutiny, Scrutiny

2. Verb. Make or include in an itemized record or report. "Inventory all books before the end of the year"
Exact synonyms: Inventory, Stock-take
Generic synonyms: List
Derivative terms: Inventorying

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
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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