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T-bill

T-bill

5 6.9
A short-term loan to the U.S. government that you buy for less and the government repays within one year
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːˌbɪl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : letra del tesoro
  • Investing in a T-bill is a safe way to earn some interest on your money.

A, a stable coin is when a, when an entity holds dollars or things like T-bills, for example, you can wire them money.

Examples

  • All credit unions, as do banks, invest in T-Bills and T-Bonds in varying degrees.

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  • I cash in T-bills to pay off Kelso.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Put it in a T-bill.

  • So how do T-bills and Treasury bonds work?

  • I read somewhere that the yield on T-bills went negative briefly in recent trading.

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  • You bought T-bills a couple of weeks ago, Mrs. Morino.

  • Also, while China has a lot of T-bills, they also own mortgage-backed securities and many other hard assets.

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  • Of particular interest to me were T-bill rates for January (60-day T-bills) going negative in mid-October.

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  • Staying on Greece, an upcoming EU5bn T-bill maturity this Friday (16th November) may start to attract some focus.

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  • Many people prefer to keep their savings in T-bills because they are backed by the U.S. government.

Synonyms

Treasury bill
vsT-bill
  • Specialized
4 4.6

A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest

is specific to the United States government rather than any government

How Long

Treasury bond
  • Specialized
10 4.9
Treasury note
  • Specialized
3 6.5
T-bill
  • Specialized
5 6.9

Surface Forms

T-bill singular
T-bills plural

Morphology

T-bill = bill (semi-transparent) = T + bill

Formally an abbreviation of 'Treasury bill' (T = Treasury); the relation to 'bill' is clear but the meaning of the initial 'T' may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

T-bill is short for Treasury bill, where Treasury means the government's money office and bill is a short written 'promise to pay'. So a T-bill is a short-term government paper sold for less than it will pay later, which is why it does not give regular interest.