WATERED STOCK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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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