Stack and Bulk

• (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks or grain; to stack or place wood.
• (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
• (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
• (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
• (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:.
• (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
• (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
• (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.

noun

• An orderly pile.
• Often followed by `of'. ( a large number or amount or extent)
  • usage: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
  • synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad
• A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO.
  • synonyms: push-down list, push-down stack
• A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
  • synonyms: smokestack
• A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO.
  • synonyms: push-down storage, push-down store

verb

• Load or cover with stacks.
  • usage: "stack a truck with boxes"
• Arrange in stacks.
  • usage: "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
  • synonyms: pile, heap
• Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances.
  • usage: "stack the deck of cards"

Stack is a position which is focused on a particular delivery or expiration date. For example, a futures position which is comprised of 12 contracts all of which are established for December delivery. This compares to a Strip.

noun

• The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.
  • usage: "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"
  • synonyms: majority
• The property of something that is great in magnitude.
  • usage: "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
  • synonyms: mass, volume
• The property possessed by a large mass.

verb

• Stick out or up.
  • usage: "The parcel bulked in the sack"
• Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
  • synonyms: bulge

• (v.) A projecting part of a building.
• (v.i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
• (n.) The body.
• (n.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
• (n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
• (n.) Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.