stock watering
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 James William Sullivan
These are only a few of the many instances of stock watering that might be mentioned.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee
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 William Larrabee
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