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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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" [syn: blue-chip stock ] a blue poker chip with the highest value

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
According to the New York Stock Exchange , a blue chip is stock in a corporation with a national reputation for quality, reliability, and the ability to operate profitably in good times and bad. The most popular index that follows U.S. blue chips is the ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also blue-chip , in reference to the high-value poker counter, from 1904 in the figurative sense of "valuable;" stock exchange sense, in reference to "shares considered a reliable investment," is first recorded 1929; especially of stocks that saw spectacular ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A high value gaming chip. 2 A stock or other investment that has a high price because of its perceived reliability.