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blue-chip definition

☆ blue·-chip (-c̸hip′)

adjective

  1. designating any high-priced stock with a good record of earnings and price stability
  2. Informal excellent, valuable, etc.

Etymology: after the high-value blue chips of poker

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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