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GOVERNMENT BOND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("government bond" is a kind of...):
bond; bond certificate (a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "government bond"):
savings bond (non-negotiable government bond; cannot be bought and sold once the original purchase is made)
Treasury; Treasury obligations (negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time)
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