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
Whatever has been urged against the proposed Nickel Plate merger, charges of "watered stock" or inflated capitalization have been conspicuous for their absence.
From Time Magazine Archive
From this practice came the financial term "watered stock."
From Time Magazine Archive
Even if the business is able to pay good dividends on watered stock, the crime of overcapitalization is not lessened, though the harm done is now not to the investor but to the public.
From Problems of Conduct by Durant Drake
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