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blue chip

blue chip noun: a high-value poker chip.

blue chip: a high-value poker chip
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Noun

blue chip (plural blue chips)

  1. A high-value poker chip.
    Antonyms:
    white chip
  2. 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. Synonym of blue-chipper.
    Synonyms:
    blue-chipper

Synonyms of blue chip

Antonyms

Forms of blue chip

pluralblue chips

Origin of blue chip

Finance and figurative senses from poker.

Words formed from blue chip

Questions about blue chip

What does blue chip mean?
Blue chip means a high-value poker chip.
What part of speech is blue chip?
Blue chip is a noun.
What is the plural of blue chip?
The plural of blue chip is blue chips.

Words near blue chip in the dictionary

  1. Blue Cheer
  2. blue cheese
  3. blue cheese dressing
  4. blue cheeses
  5. Blue China
  6. blue chip
  7. blue chip swap
  8. blue chips
  9. blue circle rate
  10. blue circle rates
  11. blue cod

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