adjectivelarge or in large quantities Examplesa programme of heavy investment overseas • He suffered heavy losses on the Stock Exchange. • The government imposed a heavy tax on luxury goods.Usageheavy costs or heavy expenditurelarge sums of money that have to be spentused to describe a share which has such a high price that small investors are reluctant to buy it (in which case the company may decide to split the shares so as to make them more attractive: in the UK, a share price of £10.00 is considered 'heavy', though many shares have higher prices than this)having too many investments in the same type of share ExampleHis portfolio is heavy in banks."...heavy selling sent many blue chips tumbling in Tokyo yesterday" [Financial Times] having too many investments in the same type of share large or in large quantities used to describe a share which has such a high price that small investors are reluctant to buy it (in which case the company may decide to split the shares so as to make them more attractive: in the UK, a share price of £10.00 is considered 'heavy', though many shares have higher prices than this)