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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
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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