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death play

death play noun: the buying of company stock based on the belief that an executive in the company will soon die, with the expectation that the stock will rise in price because of it.

Noun

death play (uncountable)

  1. The buying of company stock based on the belief that an executive in the company will soon die, with the expectation that the stock will rise in price because of it.

Questions about death play

What does death play mean?
Death play means the buying of company stock based on the belief that an executive in the company will soon die, with the expectation that the stock will rise in price because of it.
What part of speech is death play?
Death play is a noun.

Words near death play in the dictionary

  1. death penny
  2. death pile
  3. death piles
  4. death pit
  5. death plane
  6. death play
  7. death pool
  8. death pools
  9. death rate
  10. death rates
  11. death rattle

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