heavy
Definition
adjective
- large or in large quantitiesExamplesa programme of heavy investment overseas • He suffered heavy losses on the Stock Exchange. • The government imposed a heavy tax on luxury goods.
- used to describe a share which has such a high price that small investors are reluctant to buy it (in which case the company may decide to split the shares so as to make them more attractive: in the UK, a share price of £10.00 is considered 'heavy', though many shares have higher prices than this)
- having too many investments in the same type of share
"...heavy selling sent many blue chips tumbling in Tokyo yesterday" [Financial Times]
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