government security
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈɡʌvərnmənt sɪˈkjʊrɪti/
- Specialized
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título de deuda del gobierno
- "I'm deeply concerned about the Federal Reserve's plans to buy up anywhere from $600 billion to as much as $1 trillion of government securities.
- U.S. government securities
- government securities brokerage
- government securities fund
Examples
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Money would have been created by central bank purchases of private securities, just as it was by central bank purchases of government securities.
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They were rated as safe as government securities.
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You see, the trust fund must, by law, be invested in U.S. government securities.
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In the past 18 months, for example, China has purchased $100 billion of U.S. government securities, and Japan $150 billion.
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You think that maybe there is a rational reason for banks to lend less to businesses and purchase more government securities?
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The Fed purchased $1.1 billion of government securities from the end of February to the end of July, raising its holdings to $1.8 billion.
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The Fed promptly went into an enormous binge of buying government securities, unprecedented at the time.
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But with government securities paying next to nothing, that’s impossible.
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Glass-Steagall allowed government securities to be eligible, and therefore dramatically increased the ability of the Fed to engage in QE with government debt.
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Investors often turn to government security because they are considered very safe investments.
Synonyms
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6.9
A United States government bond sold to investors that pays interest and returns the money later
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2.7
A loan to a government that pays interest over time and is usually safe
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4.9
A long loan to the U.S. government for ten years or more that pays interest
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3.1
A government certificate you buy to save money and earn interest that you cannot sell
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5.3
A way to raise money for a public project paid back from the money the project earns
An investment sold by a United States government agency or the Farm Credit System
How Safe
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4.6
- Specialized
10
4.9
- Specialized
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4.0
- Specialized
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4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a simple noun–noun compound where 'government' modifies 'security' to indicate a security issued by the government; the meaning (a government-issued bond) follows directly from the constituent meanings. The construction is compositional and non-idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows 'government' and 'security' (in the financial sense) will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Government security comes from the idea of a security as a paper promise to pay that is backed by the government. Because the promise is from the government, people see it as very 'safe', so the phrase means a bond or other paper the government issues to raise money.