To list a stock(Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List
(List), v. i. To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

Syn. — Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. — List, Roll, Catalogue, Register, Inventory, Schedule. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.

List
(List) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Listed; p. pr. & vb. n. Listing.] [From list a roll.]

1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton.

2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
Tennyson.

3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.

Listed among the upper serving men.
Milton.

4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

I will list you for my soldier.
Sir W. Scott.

5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.


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