Definition of Blue chip

1. Noun. 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"

Exact synonyms: Blue-chip Stock
Generic synonyms: Common Shares, Common Stock, Ordinary Shares

2. Noun. A blue poker chip with the highest value.
Generic synonyms: Chip, Poker Chip

Definition of Blue chip

1. Noun. A high value gaming chip. ¹

2. Noun. A stock or other investment that has a high price because of its perceived reliability. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Chip

blue bugle
blue bull
blue card
blue cardinal flower
blue cards
blue cat
blue cataract
blue catfish
blue chamber
blue chambers
blue channel cat
blue channel catfish
blue cheese
blue cheese dressing
blue cheeses
blue chip (current term)
blue circle rate
blue circle rates
blue cod
blue cohosh
blue columbine
blue cone monochromatism
blue copperas
blue crab
blue cross
blue curls
blue daisy
blue darter
blue daze
blue dazes

Literary usage of Blue chip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years, 1999-2008 edited by Sherry Snyder (1998)
"Comparison of CBO and blue chip forecasts for 1998 and 1999 (In percent) ... NOTES: The blue chip High 10 is the average of the 10 highest blue chip ..."

2. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1909)
"BLUE-CHIP STEEL DIE HARDENED BY BARIUM CHLORIDE PROCESS it for this purpose. The lead bath also is very convenient. The heat is the air blast disintegrates ..."

3. Future of Social Security for This Generation and the Next: Current State of edited by Jim Bunning (1997)
"Half to two-thirds of present excess should be invested in private mutual funds invested only in large blue chip companies with the rest invested as before. ..."

4. Financial Markets for the Rest of Us: An Easy Guide to Money, Bonds, Futures by Robert Vahid Hashemian (2001)
"AT&T and Lucent, both of which are considered blue chips and are widely held, are recent examples of blue chip stocks going sour. ..."

5. The Economic & Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 1998-2007 edited by Paul L. Houts (1997)
"CBO's current forecast is very close to the blue chip consensus average of ... The blue chip forecast is based on a survey of approximately 50 private- ..."

6. Detailed Exhibits of the Physical Property and Intangible Values of the by Bion Joseph Arnold, George Weston (1908)
"... 8 Brill window catches 29 Ib. blue chip steel 1 in. x 2 in 1 Ib. blue chip steel 5 4 in. x 1 in 2!41b. blue chip steel 5 4 in. x 1J4 in 'A Ib. blue chip ..."

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