View synonyms for blue chip

blue chip

noun

Chiefly Poker. a blue-colored chip of high value.
a common stock issued by a major company that has financial strength, stability against fluctuations, and a good record of dividend payments: regarded as a low-risk investment.
a secure and valuable item or property held in reserve:
The airfield was a blue chip in the struggle for military supremacy.

blue-chip

[ bloo-chip ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
having outstanding or exemplary qualities within a specified category; leading:
a group of blue-chip scientists; blue-chip stock.

blue chip

a gambling chip with the highest value
finance
1. a stock considered reliable with respect to both dividend income and capital value
2. ( as modifier )
  a blue-chip company
modifier denoting something considered to be a valuable asset

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

First recorded in 1930–35

“Ordinarily a plea bargain has a five year cap,” said Rick Simmons, a blue-chip defense attorney with no involvement in the case.

In vexatious Latin America, they knew that a blue chip ego was an asset.

So $1,000 invested in any of these hot, blue-chip, name-brand IPOs would have been worth nothing a few years later.

They work for blue-chip corporations, such as Goldman Sachs and Microsoft.

The organization Fix the Debt has enlisted dozens of CEOs of blue-chip companies to push for a deal.

Once a man dropped dead in a poker game when he had staked his last blue chip and drawn a royal flush.

The company was a blue-chip mining operation working the beryllium-rich asteroid belt out of San Francisco.

He was one of our most prom'nent citizens; ran the Blue Chip over yonder.

Her hair beneath the simple blue chip hat, had gray strands.

When he entered the Blue Chip that night, Thode found play already in full blast.

Browse