He 'placed/put a lot of stock' in her ability to get the job done. [=he had a lot of trust in her ability to get the job done]
The mayor's 'stock' with voters is high/low right now. [=the mayor is popular/unpopular with voters right now]
He decided to 'exercise his stock options'. [=he decided to buy stock in the company that he works for]
(..) North Mountain. That'll be forty. Forty? No, ten. Oh dear, that's no good. See. These are from our winter stock, where supply and demand have a big problem. You want to talk about a supply and demand problem? I sell ice for a living. Ooh, that's a rough business to be in right now. (..)2013 Frozen