watered capital

  • 1Watered stock — is an asset with an artificially inflated value. The term is most commonly used to refer to a form of securities fraud common under older corporate laws that placed a heavy emphasis upon the par value of stock. Origin of term Stock Watering was… …

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  • 2watered stock — see stock Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. watered stock n. Sto …

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  • 3watered stock — A stock representing ownership in a corporation that is worth less than the actual invested capital, resulting in problems of low liquidity, inadequate return on investment, and low market value. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * watered stock …

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  • 4watered stock — noun stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital • Hypernyms: ↑stock * * * watered stock, 1. U.S. cattle given little water while being driven to market, and then… …

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  • 5Watered — Water Wa ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Watering}.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] [1913 Webster] 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. [1913 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6watered stock — n. (Finance) stock issue offered to the public at a greatly inflated price in relation to the real value of the company s assets; stock of a company whose total worth is less than its invested capital …

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  • 7watered stock —    Shares of a corporation that were issued at a price greater than their true current value, as indicated in the accounts of the corporation. Often the individual shares have become a smaller percentage of the total share capital, because of… …

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  • 8watered stock — Shares issued by a corporation without an increment of capital corresponding to the number issued. Shares of stock issued by a corporation as fully paid, but which have in fact been issued without any consideration or at a discount, as in… …

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  • 10КАПИТАЛ РАЗВОДНЕННЫЙ — WATERED CAPITALCм. АКЦИОНЕРНЫЙ КАПИТАЛ РАЗВОДНЕННЫЙ …

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