blue-chip

The definition of blue chip is a description for a high-priced stock with a record of steady earnings.

(adjective)

An example of blue chip is General Electric stock.

See blue-chip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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adjective

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

Origin: after the high-value blue chips of poker

See blue-chip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also blue-chip·per

noun

A stock that sells at a high price because of public confidence in its long record of steady earnings.
An extremely valuable asset or property.
Games A blue poker chip of high value.

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