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stock watering

British  

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

From Salon Apr. 17, 2024

There is, however, a system of inflation practiced by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company which is simply a new form of bond and stock watering.

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

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

Hence falsification of reports is prevented, stock watering and exchange gambling are hampered, and "wrecking," as practiced in the United States, is unknown.

From Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum by Sullivan, James William

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