penny stock

noun

: a usually unlisted highly speculative stock usually selling for a dollar or less

Examples of penny stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Arizona State presents another buying opportunity, if only because the Sun Devils are the equivalent of a penny stock as second-year coach Kenny Dillingham attempts to revamp the roster. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024 The company’s shares have tanked to penny stock status at $3.11 a share, a fraction of its IPO priced at $29. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 May 2024 Rent the Runway, which languished as a penny stock less than two months ago, quadrupled its share price last week thanks, in part, to two letters: AI. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 That symbol was also used for Trump’s only other public company, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, which collapsed into a penny stock in less than a decade and filed for bankruptcy in 2004. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for penny stock 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of penny stock was circa 1920

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“Penny stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penny%20stock. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

Legal Definition

penny stock

see stock

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