Blue Chip

Definition: Blue Chip

Blue Chip

Noun

1. A common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield.

2. A blue poker chip with the highest value.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Finance

Synonym: Blue Chip

Crosswords: Blue Chip

Books

• Asiaweek: Asia's 1,000 Blue Chip Companies (reference)

• Blue Chip Baby (reference)

• Blue Chip Flies; A Practical Guide to Choosing and fishing the Most Productive Trout Patterns (reference)

• Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: INVESCO Intl Blue Chip Value Inv [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• The Top 100 International Growth Stocks: Your Guide to Creating a Blue Chip International Portfolio for Higher Returns an [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Blue Chip Economic Indicators (reference)

• Blue Chip Financial Forecasts (reference)

• Blue Chip Job Growth Update (reference)

• Greater Phoenix Blue Chip Economic Forecast (reference)

• Western Blue Chip Economic Forecast (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Blue Chip (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Record M444/S4 4-Piece Marples Blue Chip Bench Chisel Set (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Economic History

Kuwait

The quality of local banks varies from blue chip, world-class to very weak. (references)

Russia

Although recovered substantially from the 1998 financial crisis, Russian equity markets continue to be plagued by low trading volumes and a lack of liquidity for all but blue chip stocks. (references)

Kenya

Since 1995, foreign companies are allowed to buy stocks not exceeding 40% of a listed company's total quoted shares, while foreign individuals may purchase up to 5%. This means, in practice, that relatively few blue chip stocks are available for purchase by foreigners since most of them are already foreign controlled (more than 50%). A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in March 1997 to establish the East African Securities Regulatory Authority to coordinate regional developments of capital markets. (references)

Expressions using "blue chip": blue chip stock ♦ blue chip stocks. Additional references.

Danish

værdipapir,i hvilket umyndiges midler kan anbringes (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), guldrandet papir (bond issued by the State, first-class papers, gilt-edged security, gilt-edged stock, Government bond, Government stock, governmental bond, public bonds, public sector bond, security of trustee status, State bond, trustee security). (various references)

Dutch

belangrijk effect (first-class security, top security), goudgerande waarde (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), eersterangseffect (first-class security, top security). (various references)

Finnish

sinisiruosake (blue chip stock). (various references)

French

valeur de tout repos, valeur de premier ordre, valeur de père de famille, titre de tout premier rang, titre de premier ordre, titre de première catégorie, titre classé, action de première qualité. (various references)

German

sicher (certain, safe, safely, certainly, sure, easily, proof, secure, securely), muendelsichere Werte (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), mündelsicheres Wertpapier (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), goldgerändertes Wertpapier (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), erstklassiges Wertpapier (first-class security, top security), erstklassige Wertpapiere (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), erstklassig (first class, first-rate). (various references)

Greek 

τίτλοι πρώτης τάξης (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security). (various references)

Italian

valori sicuri (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), valore rifugio (defensive security, first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), titolo primario (first-class security, top security), titolo di tutta fiducia (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), titolo di prima categoria (first-class security, top security), titolo di massima sicurezza (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), titolo classato (first-class security, top security), gettone azzurro. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ブリッジ回路 (bloomers, blue, blue backs, Blue Bird, blue book, blue boy, blue day, blue film, Blue Impulse, blue Monday, Blue Ribbon, blue sex, blue train, blueberry, blue-black, blue-collar worker, blueglass, blues, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, bridge circuit, brilliant, brilliant cut, British Airways, British Columbia, broom, Brussels, Bulgaria, bull, Burkina Faso, childpornography), homosexual, shops where girls' uniforms and underwear are resold to dirty old men, sleeping train), 優良株 (blue chip stock, gilt-edged stock). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ブルーチップ , ゆうりょうかぶ (blue chip stock, gilt-edged stock). (various references)

Pig Latin

ueblay ipchay.(various references)

Portuguese

valor mobiliário de primeira categoria (first-class security, top security), titulos de primeira classe (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), título de "bom pai de família" (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), excelente capacidade profissional (topnotch), ações mais valorizadas. (various references)

Russian 

опирающаяся на устойчивый курс (blue chip paper, blue chip share), надежная акция (blue chip paper, blue chip share). (various references)

Spanish

valor de primera clase, valor de padre de familia (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), valor con máxima garantía (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), títulos de primera clase (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), título de primera fila (first-class security, top security), papel de viudas (first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security). (various references)

Misspellings

"Blue Chip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biue chip, bluechip. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: public.

-3 letters: belch, chiel, chile, cupel, picul, pubic.

-4 letters: bice, bile, blip, blue, buhl, ceil, chip, chub, clip, club, clue, cube, elhi, epic, heil, help, huic, lech, lice, lich, lieu, lipe, lube, luce, pech, pice, pile, pleb, plie, puce, pule, puli.

-5 letters: bel, cel, cep, chi, cub, cue, cup, ecu, hep, hic, hie, hip.

+3 letters: copublished, copublisher, copublishes.

+4 letters: copublishers.

+5 letters: unimpeachable, unimpeachably.