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BLUE-CHIP STOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-chip stock mean?
• BLUE-CHIP STOCK (noun)
The noun BLUE-CHIP STOCK has 1 sense:
1. a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
Familiarity information: BLUE-CHIP STOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
blue-chip stock; blue chip
Context example:
blue chips are usually safe investments
Hypernyms ("blue-chip stock" is a kind of...):
common shares; common stock; ordinary shares (stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections)
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