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debenture
[ dih-ben-cher ]
debenture
/ dɪˈbɛntʃə /
noun
- Also calleddebenture bond a long-term bond, bearing fixed interest and usually unsecured, issued by a company or governmental agency
- a certificate acknowledging the debt of a stated sum of money to a specified person
- a customs certificate providing for a refund of excise or import duty
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Derived Forms
- deˈbentured, adjective
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Other Words From
- de·bentured adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of debenture1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of debenture1
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Example Sentences
He drew a princely salary and a substantial dividend, he was listed as a debenture holder and was accounted a rich man.
Prior Lien Mortgage Bonds, ranking before the debenture stock.
The discovery of the debenture is perhaps only a coincidence.
The receiver general would then deliver to the bank an amount of registered notes equal to the amount of debenture lodged.
You were neither landowners nor leaseholders, neither shareholders nor debenture holders.
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