savings bond
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈseɪvɪŋz bɑnd/
- Specialized
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bono de ahorro
- If I wanted it to be money she saved, then I'd give her a savings bond or something similar.
- U.S. savings bonds
- EE savings bond
- Savings bonds pay
And this is around the NSNI Green Savings Bond.
- And this is around the NSNI Green Savings Bond.
Examples
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Still have that savings bond from Gramps?
Blog text (25) -
Buy US savings bonds.
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That is a savings bond.
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You have a savings bond.
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I have a $500 savings bond.
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My grandmother gave me a savings bond when I was a kid.
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I own savings bonds.
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Now President Eisenhower is on the screen, and he's telling us to buy savings bonds to support our boys overseas.
Fiction book (1995) -
They're savings bonds.
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My grandmother gave me a savings bond when I was a kid.
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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4.0
A bond or note that a government sells to borrow money
How Tradable
- Specialized
14
2.7
- Specialized
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4.6
- Formal
- Specialized
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3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term transparently combines 'savings' (funds set aside) and 'bond' (a debt instrument), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a bond used for saving money—a government-issued saving instrument that pays interest. Although legal details like non-transferability are specialist, the core sense is compositionally predictable and parallels equivalents in other languages, making it understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The term savings bond comes from the simple idea of savings (money you put away) and bond (a paper promise to pay you back). Governments offered these paper promises to encourage people to 'save' and earn interest, so a savings bond now means a government promise you buy to keep your money safe and grow a little over time.