WordNet
blue-chip stock
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]
Usage examples of "blue-chip stock".
Social Conscience is up two and a third, Hearth and Home down a quarter but still your basic blue-chip stock.
To put it crudely, we paid for a blue-chip stock, and then at the end it turned black, and, for our purposes, worthless.