blue-chip

Origin

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

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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.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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blue-chip

[bloo-chip]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or constituting a blue chip.
2.
having outstanding or exemplary qualities within a specified category; leading: a group of blue-chip scientists; blue-chip stock.

Origin:
1930–35
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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.
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blue chip definition


  1. n.
    stock shares of a large company that has a high value. (Securities markets.) : The blue chips took another nose dive in today's trading.
  2. mod.
    having to do with the stock of large, valuable companies. (Securities markets.) : The blue chip rally ran for a third day.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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