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blue chip
noun
1.
Chiefly Poker. a blue-colored chip of high value.
2.
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.
3.
a secure and valuable item or property held in reserve: The airfield was a blue chip in the struggle for military supremacy.
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism
1900–05, Americanism
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Blue chip
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| blue chip | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a gambling chip with the highest value |
| 2. | finance |
| a. a stock considered reliable with respect to both dividend income and capital value | |
| b. (as modifier): a blue-chip company | |
| 3. | (modifier) denoting something considered to be a valuable asset |
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Word Origin & History
blue chip
high value poker counter, from 1904 in the figurative sense of "valuable;" stock exchange sense, in reference to "shares considered a reliable investment," is first recorded 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
blue chip definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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