watered stock
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Fisk’s flamboyance and Gould’s bribes made the Erie’s watered stock seem obviously crooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
If it did pay dividends on watered stock, the public assumed it was being overcharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Originally, the term was coined in the robber-baron days of the late1800s and bore connotations of watered stock, rigged markets, stolen company assets.
From Time Magazine Archive
There has been legitimate objection to such things as unfair profits as, for example, profits on watered stock or salaries which are out of proportion to services rendered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quick profits in the shape of watered stock had nothing to do with the formation of the International Harvester Company.
From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
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