watered stock

Other forms: watered stocks

Definitions of watered stock
  1. noun
    stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital
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    type of:
    stock
    the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
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