Stock answer meaning in English

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Definition

a stock answer: a pre-prepared response, a response which is always the same (for a particular type of comment or question) idiom

Exercise 1

"I bought some stock in the company"

Which of the following statements use stock correctly?

Politicians have stock answers prepared for common questions.

This shop stocks a wide selection of musical instruments.

Frank is lying on the beach, stocking up the sun.

We need to take stock of the situation before proceeding.

"I bought some stock in the company"

Which of the following statements use stock correctly?

Politicians have stock answers prepared for common questions.

This is a correct choice. A "stock answer" is a "standard" response repeated regularly without thought or originality. Example: Why do teenagers get pregnant? The stock answer is they lack education, but the truth might be more complicated. In a similar way, STOCK can be used to describe anything that is regularly and widely used or sold. Example: Light bulbs are stock items in hardware stores.

This shop stocks a wide selection of musical instruments.

This is a correct choice. "To stock (a product)" is to have or store (a product). Example: Our record shop stocks the new Elkie Johns album. If a product is available, it is IN STOCK; if a product is no longer available it is OUT OF STOCK.

Frank is lying on the beach, stocking up the sun.

This is an incorrect choice. To SOAK UP the sun means to absorb the rays of the sun (perhaps to get a suntan!). To STOCK UP (on something) means to buy a large amount of something so that you will have enough for future use. Example: I'm STOCKING UP on firewood for the winter. And I am, too.

We need to take stock of the situation before proceeding.

This is a correct choice. "To take stock (of something)" means to examine resources or prospects carefully. Example: Pam took stock of her life and decided she needed a new career.

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