What is "to list a stock"

List \List\ (l[i^]st), 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.

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