blue chip

See also: bluechip and blue-chip

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Noun

blue chip (plural blue chips)

1. (poker) A high-value poker chip.

   Antonym: white chip

2. (finance) A stock or other investment that has a high price because of its perceived reliability.

   Coordinate term: red chip

   • 2000 August 10, “The price is wrong”, in The Economist‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Every so often, the practice reappears in the trading of “penny stocks”—cheap, rarely traded, shares. Years ago when volume was thinner, it was said to be common in blue chips too.

3. (sports) Synonym of blue-chipper