blue chip
nounEtymology Finance and figurative senses from poker.
1
Card games, Poker A high-value poker chip.
2
Business, Finance A stock or other investment that has a high price because of its perceived reliability.
- Every so often, the practice reappears in the trading of “penny stocks”—cheap, rarely traded, shares. Years ago when volume was thinner, it was said to be common in blue chips too.2000 August 10, “The price is wrong”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
3
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Synonym of blue-chipper.
- Derived terms
- bluechip, blue chip swap, red chip