watered stock

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
: Shares of stock in a business that are inflated by parties colluding with the seller making inflated offers for the property that the stock represents, which are reported to potential sellers as indicative of the value of the stock
stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital
{i} (Finance) stock issue offered to the public at a greatly inflated price in relation to the real value of the company's assets; stock of a company whose total worth is less than its invested capital
watered stock

    التركية النطق

    wôtırd stäk

    النطق

    /ˈwôtərd ˈstäk/ /ˈwɔːtɜrd ˈstɑːk/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () Derived from the practice of "watering" livestock before sale, where the seller gives an animal a large quantity of water to drink before a potential buyer weighs the animal to determine its value.
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