housing stock — UK US noun [S or U] ECONOMICS ► the houses and other places to live that are available in a town, country, area, etc.: »The Chancellor has pledged to increase the housing stock. »About 12% of the city s housing stock falls into the category of… … Financial and business terms
Housing association — Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not for profit bodies that provide low cost social housing for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones. They are now… … Wikipedia
housing association — ➔ association * * * housing association UK US noun [C] PROPERTY ► in the UK, an organization that provides houses or apartments for people to rent at low cost: »65% of the housing stock here is owner occupied, with 24% rented from the local… … Financial and business terms
stock — physical items ( inventory) that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms Ownership of a corporation indicated by shares, which represent a piece of the… … Financial and business terms
Stock — Ownership of a corporation which is represented by shares which represent a piece of the corporation s assets and earnings. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. stock stock 1 [stɒk ǁ stɑːk] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] especially… … Financial and business terms
Housing cooperative — Not to be confused with building cooperative. 999 N. Lake Shore Drive, a coop owned residential building in Chicago, Illinois, United States … Wikipedia
Stock and flow — in the past. A flow variable is measured over an interval of time. Therefore a flow would be measured per unit of time . For example, U.S. nominal gross domestic product refers to a total number of dollars spent during a specific time period,… … Wikipedia
stock — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 available supply of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ good, high, huge, large ▪ low ▪ adequate ▪ declining … Collocations dictionary
stock market — noun an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑stock exchange, ↑securities market • Members of this Topic: ↑bullish, ↑bearish, ↑fundamental analysis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
housing market — The housing market is characterized by the relatively high cost of buying and renting; one of the highest levels of home ownership in the European Union; the small proportion of housing for rent; and the large proportion of second and vacant… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
stock — stock1 [ stak ] noun *** ▸ 1 amount kept/available ▸ 2 goods in store ▸ 3 all money/goods ▸ 4 for making soups/sauces ▸ 5 farm animals ▸ 6 family: type of people ▸ 7 amount someone is respected ▸ 8 for punishment ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count an amount… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
