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penny stock

penny stock noun: a highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.

Noun

penny stock (plural penny stocks)

  1. (UK, US) A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.
    • 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

Forms of penny stock

pluralpenny stocks

Questions about penny stock

What does penny stock mean?
Penny stock means a highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.
What part of speech is penny stock?
Penny stock is a noun.
What is the plural of penny stock?
The plural of penny stock is penny stocks.

Words near penny stock in the dictionary

  1. penny slot
  2. penny slots
  3. penny starver
  4. penny starvers
  5. penny sterling
  6. penny stock
  7. penny stocks
  8. penny sweet
  9. penny sweets
  10. penny tray
  11. penny trays

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