stock watering

noun

1. commerce the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets

Example Sentences

The first way that shorts benefit from stock watering is that millions of new shares become available to sell short.

From Salon

The stock watering plan also reminds us that savvy investors and investment bankers make money when stocks fall and rise.

From Salon

The water rights in question were issued to WSU in 1962 for domestic and community domestic use and for stock watering.

From Seattle Times

"For the rural water supply the water will be well suited for irrigation and stock watering, the possibilities that we open with this alternative resource are quite massive." he explains.

From BBC

There is, however, a system of inflation practiced by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company which is simply a new form of bond and stock watering.

From Project Gutenberg