stocks
株式
解説 Definition
stocks は stock（株式）の複数形です。会社の所有権の一部を表す金融商品を複数指すときに使います。
Stocks are financial assets representing ownership interests in one or more companies, especially when different companies or types of shares are being considered. Their value may rise or fall as they are traded.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
金融の意味の stock に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、「複数の会社・種類の株式」を表します。語尾は /s/ ではなく /ks/ と発音します。own stocks、buy and sell stocks、compare stocks の組み合わせで覚えましょう。stock は集合的に「株式全般」や一社の株を指すこともありますが、stocks は個別の複数銘柄を意識させます。
Stocks is the plural of stock in its financial sense. Picture an investor comparing ownership interests in several companies: technology stocks, bank stocks, and energy stocks. This makes the plural natural when individual companies or categories are being discussed. Learn common combinations such as own stocks, buy and sell stocks, compare stocks, and invest in stocks. The final -s is pronounced /s/ after /k/, giving the ending /ks/. Stock can sometimes refer collectively to company shares, while stocks often highlights multiple securities or different companies.
例文
My father owns some stocks.
父はいくつか株式を持っています。
She studies stocks after dinner.
彼女は夕食後に株式について勉強します。
The report compared stocks from several companies.
その報告書はいくつかの会社の株式を比較していました。
stocks の類義語・関連語
stocks の語源・成り立ち Etymology
stocks の stock は古英語 stocc「木の幹・切り株」が語源で、そこから「土台」「蓄え」の意味へ発展した。会社の資本を枝分かれのように分けた持ち分が「株式」で、関連語は livestock, stockpile。
Stocks is formed from stock plus the regular plural ending -s. Stock comes from Old English stocc, referring to a tree trunk, stump, or similar solid base. Its meanings expanded over time from a supporting base to a store or supply of goods and then to capital held by a company. From that financial sense, stock came to denote an ownership interest, while stocks commonly refers to several companies’ shares or several kinds of such investments.
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