greenshoe

noun

Etymology

From green + shoe, after the Green Shoe Manufacturing Company.

  1. derived from scōn
  2. inherited from shon
  3. derived from *skek-
  4. inherited from *skōhaz
  5. inherited from *skōh
  6. inherited from sċōh
  7. inherited from scho
  8. compounded as greenshoe — “green + shoe

Definitions

  1. An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities…

    An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.

The neighborhood

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