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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 capitalplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WATERED STOCK (noun)


Sense 1

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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