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Treasury obligations

Treasury obligations

6.4
Debt the United States government borrows by selling bonds that it pays back with interest
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɛʒəri ˌɑblɪˈɡeɪʃənz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : obligaciones del Tesoro
  • The government issues Treasury obligations to fund various projects.
  • U.S. Treasury obligations

Examples

  • Investors often purchase Treasury obligations for their safety.

  • Many retirement portfolios include Treasury obligations to reduce overall risk.

  • Investors often choose Treasury obligations for the safety and stability they provide.

  • The central bank increased its purchases of Treasury obligations to support the bond market.

  • Investors prefer U.S. Treasury obligations because they are considered very safe investments.

  • Many retirement accounts include Treasury obligations to ensure stable income for the future.

  • The government issued new Treasury obligations to help fund the infrastructure projects.

Synonyms

bond
vsTreasury obligations
  • Specialized
564 4.4

A certificate promising to repay borrowed money with interest

is limited to United States government negotiable securities rather than any issuer
government bond
vsTreasury obligations
  • Specialized
14 2.7

A loan to a government that pays interest over time and is usually safe

is specific to the United States negotiable debt rather than any national issuer
Treasury bond
vsTreasury obligations
  • Specialized
10 4.9

A long loan to the U.S. government for ten years or more that pays interest

is the U.S. negotiable debt category covering shorter and longer maturities
Treasury bill
vsTreasury obligations
  • Specialized
4 4.6

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

is interest bearing and guarantees timely payment of interest and principal
Treasury note
vsTreasury obligations
  • Specialized
3 6.5

A loan to the government that pays interest and is repaid in one to ten years

is a general United States negotiable debt category covering various maturities

Surface Forms

Treasury obligation singular
Treasury obligations plural

Morphology

Treasury + obligation

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'Treasury' (the government finance office or government issuer) with 'obligation' (a financial/debt commitment); together they denote a government-issued debt instrument. This is a compositional noun phrase following standard modifier-head patterns and is cross-linguistically predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand it.

Etymology

The phrase Treasury obligations comes from picturing the government's money office, the Treasury, issuing formal obligations — a kind of IOU or 'promise to pay'. So today Treasury obligations means loans or bonds the government sells that promise to pay interest and give back the money.