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housing stock

noun

Definition of housing stock

: the total number of houses and apartments in an area
  • There was a decrease in available housing stock last year.

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housing play

  1. : shelter, lodging

  2. : dwellings provided for people

  3. : a niche for a sculpture

  1. : caparison

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stock play

  1. : stump

  2. : a log or block of wood

  3. : something without life or consciousness

  1. : to make (a domestic animal) pregnant

  2. : to fit to or with a stock

  3. : to provide with stock or a stock : supply

  1. : kept regularly in stock

  2. : commonly used or brought forward : standard

  3. : kept for breeding purposes : brood

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