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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 yieldplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE-CHIP STOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE-CHIP STOCK (noun)


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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