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penny stocks

penny stocks is the plural of penny stock.

Meaning of penny stock

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

Questions about penny stocks

What is penny stocks the plural of?
Penny stocks is the plural of penny stock.

Words near penny stocks in the dictionary

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

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