"watered stock" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: watered stocks [plural]
Etymology: Derived from the practice of "watering" livestock before sale, where the seller gives an animal a large quantity of water to drink before a potential buyer weighs the animal to determine its value. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} watered stock (countable and uncountable, plural watered stocks)
  1. (law) Shares of stock in a business that are inflated by parties colluding with the seller making inflated offers for the property that the stock represents, which are reported to potential sellers as indicative of the value of the stock. Wikipedia link: watered stock Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (inflated shares of stock): acciones diluidas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), capital inflado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-watered_stock-en-noun-hQNLlge5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

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