watered stock
noun[CorU]
FINANCEUSukusin the past, a company'ssharesthat wereshowninitsaccountsat ahighervaluethan a company’srealassets, used todeceivetheauthoritiesandpossibleinvestors:
This is anindustrywhich has neverissuedwateredstock.
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Holders ofwateredstockcould be personally liable if creditors foreclosed on the corporation's assets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thanks in large part to a proliferation of low par and no par stock,wateredstockis less of an issue these days.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When his crop shows signs of failure he cannot reorganise, issue a batch ofwateredstock, and unload his failure on the investing public.
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The increase, largely made up of what is calledwateredstock, has gone on until the sum of £20 million has been reached.
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I do not think it iswateredstockwhich has been artificially expanded.
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There was not a single drop ofwateredstockin the company.
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Neither the green goods, nor the bogus capital calledwateredstockrepresents a dollar in real value.
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In any case, there seems to be a danger of the same criticism being directed against it as against thewateredstockof companies in this country.
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He has an industry in which, for all we know to the contrary, the banks are seeking to get rid of thewateredstockwhich they hold.
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The ants have nothing to correspond with our industrial system, with its mergers and watered stocks.
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