watered stock

短语

（面值超过实值的）虚股，掺水股

词形变化

watered stocks 复数 watered stocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

stock

词源

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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