stock watering

noun

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

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How to use stock watering in a sentence

But simple modifications of its anti-stock-watering laws seemed to have solved the difficulty.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
These will be fully described in our second volume in connection with stock-watering, valuation and allied financial problems.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
Indeed, it can be shown that stock-watering reached a still higher degree of development in the case of the Erie road.
The Railroad Question | William Larrabee
But the science of stock-watering did not reach its fullest development until during the period of railroad consolidation.
The Railroad Question | William Larrabee
Stock-watering is to be prohibited; and publicity of rates to be brought about.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley

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