watered stock

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   stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital

   Broaderstock

Questions about watered stock

What does watered stock mean?

watered stock means "stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital".

Is watered stock a common word?

watered stock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.