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ground floor definition - finance
The beginning or first stage of a new company. This phrase is used to describe an investment opportunity that is potentially lucrative because the investor can get in at the beginning, therefore sharing in maximum price appreciation.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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