Definition
To fall below the value of one dollar per share.
Origins
Break (as in break the bank) + the + buck (“dollar (colloquial)”).
In Context
- "In 1994, during the Orange County bankruptcy, a few funds were poised to break the buck, until their parent companies stepped in."
- ""We were likely going to see more funds halt redemptions" and break the buck. The insurance program is part of a wider rescue package […]"