BLUE CHIP • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Blue chip

Translators

Dictionaries

Courses

Other

Home

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/blu tʃɪp/ Listen

Blue chip

noun

A common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield. Synonym: blue-chip stock.

A blue poker chip with the highest value.

See images of 'Blue chip'

Etymology of 'Blue chip'

Share |

"Blue chip" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lorrigan had found his mate. Had he known more about life in the big world beyond the Rim, he must have been amazed at his luck. Once a man dropped dead in a poker game when he had staked his last blue chip and drawn a royal flush. In the great game of hearts Tom had drawn a royal flush, but he did not drop dead. Instead, he went right on living, more determined than ever to own a million dollars' worth of cattle and horses before he died, considerably ...

— Rim o' the World • B. M. Bower

Words linked to "Blue chip" : common stock, ordinary shares, common shares, chip, poker chip