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Adjective: blue-chip  'bloo'chip
  1. Of high quality and reliability; considered a safe and valuable investment
    "blue-chip stocks are favoured by conservative investors"
Noun: blue chip  bloo chip
  1. A common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
    "blue chips are usually safe investments";
    - blue-chip stock
     
  2. A blue poker chip with the highest value
    "He bet his last blue chip on the final hand"

Derived forms: blue chips

See also: valuable

Type of: chip, common shares, common stock, ordinary shares, poker chip

Encyclopedia: Blue-chip

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