blue chip

¹

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.

blue-chip

²

[ bloo-chip ]

adjective

1. of, relating 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.

blue chip

noun

1. a gambling chip with the highest value
2. finance
   1. a stock considered reliable with respect to both dividend income and capital value
   2. ( as modifier )

      a blue-chip company

3. modifier denoting something considered to be a valuable asset

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue chip¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Origin of blue chip²

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Twitter today announced it had acquired Scroll, the long-gestating subscription service that offers an ad-free browsing experience across a network of hundreds of blue chip publishers, including Vox Media, Insider and The Atlantic.

From Digiday

The emails then came streaming in, and, one reader after another told me the blue chip index would top 30K by the end of January, no problem.

From Fortune

Through Robinhood, they can arrange to automatically purchase partial shares of such blue chips every payday.

From Fortune

The blue chip index is up 62% since its March low, and it’s on track to record its best month since 1987.

From Fortune

From a brand’s point of view they would like TikTok to be in the hands of a blue chip company like Microsoft or someone else.

From Digiday

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg