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WATERED STOCK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does watered stock mean?

• WATERED STOCK (noun)
The noun WATERED STOCK has 1 sense:

1. stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital

Familiarity information: WATERED STOCK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WATERED STOCK (noun)

Sense 1

watered stock ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("watered stock" is a kind of...):

stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))

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