pink sheet

noun

1
: a daily listing of over-the-counter stocks and their prices
2
: any of a group of lightly traded over-the-counter stocks

Examples of pink sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The whole back wall of the girls’ room was blown out leaving chunks of rubble on the small beds made up with pink sheets. Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 7 July 2023 In the footage, deputies can be seen placing a pink sheet over both bodies. Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2023 Outside of that Cuban said cryptos could function similar to pink sheet stocks, with little to no disclosure requirements. Kamran Rosen, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Research analysts are thus far confirming the new Beijing Stock Exchange will take the top companies from China’s over-the-counter (OTC) pink sheet equivalent called the National Equity Exchange and Quotations Board (NEEQ). Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021 The new Harvest will begin trading on the over-the-counter pink sheets and not a major stock exchange. Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 5 June 2018 The now-infamous pink sheet included a photo of a young, shirtless Nirenberg flexing. Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Mar. 2018 Companies delisted from one of the major exchanges can choose to trade on the less-regulated Over the Counter Bulletin Board [OTCBB] or the pink sheets system, according to Investopedia.com. Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pink sheet was in 1959

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“Pink sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pink%20sheet. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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