stag
/stæg/ noun [C] informalDefinition
› FINANCE, STOCK MARKET someone who buys shares in a company when it is first sold to the public and sells them as soon as the share price goes up to make a quick profit: No one had expected the share offer to be a high stag stock.
(Definition of stag noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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