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Meaning of penny stock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.

UK, US

Equivalents

Suomi senttiosake
한국어 동전주

Examples

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.”

CEFR level

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