government bond
14
2.7
- noun
- /ˈɡʌvərnmənt bɑnd/
- Specialized
:
bono del Estado
- Investors often turn to government bonds for a safe place to put their money.
- invested in government bonds
- selling government bonds
- purchase government bonds
The only thing you could call risk free is the government's bond of the United States Treasuries.
- The only thing you could call risk free is the government's bond of the United States Treasuries.
- First of all, from first principles, what is a government bond?
- So quantitative easing is when the government prints money and buys government bonds.
- Inflation linked bonds do well in environments of rising inflation where stocks and nominal government bonds do not.
- Thus, the South Seas trade didn't yield any real wealth to those who had exchanged their government bonds for equity.
- Like we hear terms like government bonds, GDP, recession, bailouts, right?
Examples
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Currently, these trust funds are used to purchase government bonds.
Academic text (2007) -
Yields in Irish government bonds have more than halved since last July.
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Thank God for government bonds.
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You want us to sit on six hundred million dollars' worth of French government bonds?!
Fiction book (1990) -
But Thursday, France and Spain had successful government bond sales with lower interest rates.
Blog text (17) -
The Fed is propping up the prices of government bonds to lower the funding cost of the government.
Blog text (24) -
Since the banks were heavily invested in government bonds, the declining value of those bonds hurt the banks.
Academic text (2012) -
Every additional unit of demand for government bonds invariably lowers interest rates.
Blog text (9) -
Still other funds invest predominantly in securities that generate income, namely debt securities, such as corporate and government bonds.
Academic text (2018) -
Instead, one third of those surveyed cited low-yielding certificates of deposit, savings accounts, and government bonds.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
32
6.9
A United States government bond sold to investors that pays interest and returns the money later
10
4.9
A long loan to the U.S. government for ten years or more that pays interest
10
4.4
A loan a city or state sells to pay for public projects, often free from federal taxes
5
3.1
A government certificate you buy to save money and earn interest that you cannot sell
4
4.6
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
3
6.5
A loan to the government that pays interest and is repaid in one to ten years
2
5.3
A way to raise money for a public project paid back from the money the project earns
1
4.0
A bond or note that a government sells to borrow money
1
7.9
A bond where you give paper coupons to get interest payments
Debt the United States government borrows by selling bonds that it pays back with interest
A government savings plan that pays no interest but gives a chance to win money in monthly draws
Money a government or city borrows to pay for public services like water and electricity
A short-term loan a local government sells to raise money
How Safe
- Specialized
10
4.9
- Specialized
14
2.7
- Specialized
10
4.4
- Specialized
33
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a debt/security issued by the government' is directly derivable from the modifier–noun composition: 'government' specifies the issuer and 'bond' denotes a debt instrument. This is a common, literal compound found across languages and uses frequent, transparent constituents, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Government bond comes from the simple image of a government giving a written promise called a bond, like an IOU, to people who lend it money. So a government bond is 'a loan' to the government and that is why many people see it as 'safe'.