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blue-skylaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blue-sky-law
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon.

Questions

What does blue-skylaw mean?
A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon.

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