Sentence:  The purpose of this provision was thus explained in the Court 's opinion : `` Section 7 is designed to arrest in its incipiency not only the substantial lessening of competition from the acquisition by one corporation of the whole or any part of the <WSD>stock</WSD> of a competing corporation , but also to arrest in their incipiency restraints or monopolies in a relevant market which , as a reasonable probability , appear at the time of suit likely to result from the acquisition by one corporation of all or any part of the stock of any other corporation . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)