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stock watering

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noun

  1. commerce the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The stock watering plan also reminds us that savvy investors and investment bankers make money when stocks fall and rise.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

The first way that shorts benefit from stock watering is that millions of new shares become available to sell short.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

The relation of "stock watering" or "overcapitalization" to high profits.

From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross

Its history was a succession of corrupt acts in legislatures and in Congress, and comprised the usual process of stock watering and exploitation.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus

The case of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company is only one of the innumerable instances of stock watering in the history of American railroads.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William

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