"blue chip" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-blue chip.oga Forms: blue chips [plural]
Etymology: Finance and figurative senses from poker. Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue chip (plural blue chips)
  1. (poker) A high-value poker chip. Derived forms: bluechip, blue chip swap, red chip
    Sense id: en-blue_chip-en-noun-EOvMm0is Categories (other): Poker, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 5 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 3 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 3 16 Topics: card-games, poker
  2. (finance) A stock or other investment that has a high price because of its perceived reliability. Coordinate_terms: red chip
    Sense id: en-blue_chip-en-noun-YyuwrEjb Categories (other): Finance Topics: business, finance
  3. (sports) Synonym of blue-chipper. Synonyms: blue-chipper [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-blue_chip-en-noun-uvW-wMQz Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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