watered stock
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If it did pay dividends on watered stock, the public assumed it was being overcharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Fisk’s flamboyance and Gould’s bribes made the Erie’s watered stock seem obviously crooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Virtually the entire list of dramatic ventures is watered stock.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without that growth, Big Steel itself might have foundered in its own watered stock after the company was created by Banker Morgan at the turn of the century.
From Time Magazine Archive
The immediate object of watered stock in fairly managed companies is the immediate distribution among shareholders of any increased value without increased cost.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
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