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written promise to repay a debt, such as a bill , bond , banker's acceptance , note , Certificate of Deposit , or commercial paper . A formal debt instrument is critical for obtaining a nonbusiness bad-debt deduction.

 


Debt instruments with maturities of less than 10 years.
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Debt instruments with initial maturities greater than one year and less than 10 years.

Debt Instrument
A written agreement denoting that the issuer promises to reimburse a debt. Examples are Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds, Banker's Acceptances, Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposits.

Debt instruments, usually to be repaid within a year or less.
Short-term Redemption fee
This fee is charged when shares are sold within a short period of time. See the fund prospectus for details about the length of the designated holding period.

Debt instruments that are issued by some corporations that are backed by "rolling stock" (such as airplanes or locomotives and freight cars).
Equity ...

Debt instrument An asset requiring fixed dollar payments, such as a government or corporate bond.
Debt leverage Amplification of the return earned on equity when an investment or firm is financed partially with borrowed money.

Debt instruments issued by companies to meet short-term financing needs.top
Commission
The broker's basic fee for purchasing or selling securities or property as an agent.top ...

Debt instruments issued by government agencies are also described as government bonds, or government securities, though they are not backed by the government's ability to collect taxes to pay them off.

Debt instruments with maturities ranging from 9 months to 30 years that are offered on a continuous basis. Offered on a continuous basis means that they are issued and sold as buyers request them rather than on a single issue date.

Debt instrument: 1. A written agreement to repay a loan such as a bond or CD. 2. A borrowed tuba.

Debt instruments with initial maturities longer than one year and shorter than 10 years.
Notes to the financial statements ...

Debt instruments issued by states, counties, cities, to fund projects such as roads and bridge construction. The interest paid on muni bonds is typically exempt from federal income tax.
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Debt Instrument. A generic term representing any written promise to repay the debt.
Debt Service. The cash required to pay the interest and principal due (usually during one year) on outstanding debt.

A debt instrument that is exchangeable at some point for equity in the form of common stock or a new issue.
Mandatory redemption schedule
Schedule according to which bond sinking fund payments must be made.

A debt instrument that is secured by personal property such as machines and equipment.
CHARTERED FINANCIAL CONSULTANT (ChFC) ...

A debt instrument with its principal and interest in one currency, but with principal repayment depending on the exchange rate between the instrumentscurrency and another currency.
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A debt instrument issued for a period of more than one year with the intent of raising capital by borrowing. The Federal government, states, cities, corporations, and other types of institutions sell bonds.

A debt instrument issued by a receiver and serving as a lien on the property, which provides funding to continue operations or to protect assets in receivership.
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See: Debt Instrument; Municipal Bond; Par; Principal Amount
Fail Position
A position that is the result of a broker-dealer's failure to settle a transaction with another broker.

Bond
Debt instrument issued by corporations, governments and government agencies. The bond issuer commits to paying interest for the duration of the bond on specific dates and to repaying the principal amount at maturity.

Note
Debt instruments with initial maturities greater than one year and less than 10 years.

Notes Debt instruments with maturities of less than 10 years.
Notice day A day on which notices of intent to deliver pertaining to a specified month may be issued. Related: ...

Other debt instruments, such as mortgage-backed securities, pay back their principal over the life of the debt, similar to the way a mortgage is amortized, or paid down.

Bond: A debt instrument in which the issuing authority promises to pay the bondholders a specified amount of interest for a specified length of time and repay the principal invested on a given maturity date.

BOND - A debt instrument issued through a formal legal procedure and secured either by the pledge of specific properties or revenues or by the general credit of the state.

Bond.
A debt instrument that pays a set amount of interest on a regular basis. The issuer promises to repay the debt on time and in full. Bonds are bought and sold on the market.

T-Bill: a debt instrument of the U.S. government. (Treasury Bill)
team player: somebody who works well within a team.
teamwork: collaboration by a group of people to achieve a common purpose.

Debenture: Debt instrument issued by a corporation that is unsecured by other collateral and is backed only by the integrity of the issuer.

A mortgage debt instrument or note, issued in a bearer form. The holder of the instrument or note at any time is the creditor.
Français: Cedule hypothécaire au porteur
Español: Pagaré de hipoteca al portador
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Debenture - Debt instrument evidencing the holder's right to receive interest and principal installments from the named obligor. Applies to all forms of unsecured, long-term debt evidenced by a certificate of debt.

Bonds - The debt instrument of an issuer (essentially an I.O.U. for money you lend to the issuer) that promises to pay the holder a specified amount of interest, for a specified time period, with principal to be repaid on the maturity date.

As with most debt instruments, the secondary market for agencies is entirely over the counter. There are several trillion dollars of agencies outstanding. The liquidity of issues varies.

A short-term debt instrument issued by a state or municipality to borrow against the proceeds of an upcoming bond issue.
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Income bond
A debt instrument that promises to repay principal, but only pay interest when earned by the issuing institution.

Maturities of debt instruments, such as bonds, loans, or notes payable, are the amounts of time outstanding before the debt becomes due.

Corporate Bond Debt instrument issued by a private corporation, as distinct from one issued by a government agency or a municipality.

Debt instruments are issued by any of the 50 states, the territories and their subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, villages and school districts, agencies, such as authorities and special districts created by the states, ...

Marketable Debt: Debt instruments for which there exists a secondary market where the instrument can be bought and sold by investors after it is issued.

Debt instruments for which there exists a secondary market where the instrument can be bought and sold by investors after it is issued.

Commercial paper. Debt instruments issued by companies to meet short-term financing needs.

Bond: A long-term debt instrument issued by a corporation or government entity.

COMMERCIAL PAPER " Debt instruments issued by well established companies to meet short-term financing needs. Commercial paper is unsecured debt and has a maximum maturity of 270 days.

The face value of a debt instrument such as a bond or a note. ...(Read more)
Printing Money
A term used loosely for a government that is increasing the money supply either by printing money or issuing new government debt....(Read more)
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A type of debt instrument that is not secured by physical asset or collateral. Debentures are backed only by the general creditworthiness and reputation of the issuer.

Dated date The date one uses to calculate accrued interest on various debt instruments, specifically bonds. Dates convention Treating cash flows as being received on exact dates-date 0, date 1, and so forth-as opposed to the end-of-year convention.

Capital market The market for trading long-term debt instruments (those that mature in more than one year). Capital market efficiency The degree to which the present asset price accurately reflects current information in the market place.

cheapest to deliver A technique used to decide which debt instrument is most profitable to deliver against a futures contract. check A negotiable instrument drawn against deposited funds, to pay a specified amount...

Receiver's certificate A debt instrument issued by a receiver and serving as a lien on the property, which provides funding to continue operations or to protect assets in receivership.

Coupon The annual interest paid on a debt instrument. Covariance Correlation between two securities multiplied by the standard deviation for each. Credit rating A grading of a borrower's ability to meet financial obligations in a timely manner.

Date on which the principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance, bond, or other debt instrument becomes due and payable. Maturity factoring Factoring arrangement that provides collection and insurance of accounts receivable.

balanced mutual fund A fund that invests in both equities (e.g., common stocks and preferred stocks) and debt instruments (e.g., bonds) with the goal of reducing risk by investing in different markets.

Sales or purchases of government debt instruments (treasury bonds, treasury bills, treasury notes) on the open financial markets by a country's central bank (in the U.S., the Federal Reserve) as part of its efforts to influence the size of the money ...

OAT or OATs (Obligations Assimilables de Tresor) - Are key debt instruments issued by the French Government. They are issued in both fixed and floating rate securities and have maturities ranging from 4 to 30 years.

When a note or other debt instrument is of long duration, it is reported as a long-term liability.

A right, exercisable warrant, or other feature that is added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors by giving the debt holder the potential option to purchase shares in the issuer.

An investment (generally a debt instrument, i.e., bond) whose interest is exempt from taxation by federal, state, and/or local authorities.

A short-term debt instrument issued by the Commonwealth Government, issued on a tender basis each week for terms of either 13 or 26 weeks.

The difference between yields on differing debt instruments, calculated by deducting the yield of one instrument from another. The higher the yield spread, the greater the difference between the yields offered by each instrument.

The development of markets for a variety of debt instruments that permit the ultimate borrower to bypass the banks and other deposit-taking institutions and to borrow directly from lenders.
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