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Meaning of Chinese money | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Risky alternatives to cash, such as convertible securities, low interest debentures, or warrants, when they are used to purchase shares in a company.
    informal, uncountable
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, money.
    uncountable

Examples

“Some people, though, are beginning to question the growing use of convertible securities - or so-called Chinese money - to acquire companies.”
“[…] who had begun as a bond salesman specializing in the convertible debentures and other so-called “Chinese money” generated by men like Evans and by the conglomerate acquisitions of the sixties […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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