Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schmuck insurance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: schmuck- in-sur-ance
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation where an owner sells a company but retains a portion in case the price appreciates in the future.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The solution? Instead of selling 100% of the business, the seller either keeps a stake, or keeps an option to buy back part of it later. This solution, which was apparently popularized by Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons in the early 2000s ($, WSJ), is known as "schmuck insurance”."
"In Wall Street parlance this is known as "schmuck insurance," a reference to the rather vulgar Yiddish word that has come to mean the equivalent of "idiot.""

Etymology

From schmuck (“fool, idiot”) + insurance.

Usage

Questions

What does schmuck insurance mean?: The situation where an owner sells a company but retains a portion in case the price appreciates in the future.
Where does schmuck insurance come from?: From schmuck (“fool, idiot”) + insurance.

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