watered stocks

A form of watered stock — Shares of stock in a business that are inflated by parties colluding with the seller making inflated offers for the property that the stock represents, which are reported to potential sellers as indicative of the value of the stock.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of watered stock
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