| 单词 | widows and orphans |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswidows and orphans Finance. widow and orphan (also in widows and orphans): attributive designating a safe, low-risk investment deemed suitable for those considered as vulnerable or having limited knowledge of investing, such as (originally) widows or orphans. ΚΠ 1896 Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers Dec. 784 Any road of that kind is not a widow and orphan investment fund. 1939 Barron's 4 Dec. 3/1 Should she stick to the traditional ‘widow and orphan’ investments, or have the experience of the big depression? 1998 Newsweek 6 July 44/2 The deal..will mark AT&T's final transformation from a ‘widows and orphans’ stock into a high-risk, go-go company. 2016 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 July e1 Widow and orphan stocks feature nice dividends and low volatility. < as lemmas |
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