gilt-edged

or gilt-edge

[gilt-ejd]

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adjective

having the edge or edges gilded: gilt-edged paper.

of the highest or best quality, kind, etc.

Finance.

(of securities and bonds) of the highest rating or quality; secure.
(of bonds) government backed or guaranteed.

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Origin of gilt-edged

First recorded in 1810–20

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It was you who used to tell me about the Gilt-Edged Girl, and her fine clothes and her city ways, and all that.
Vistas of New York|Brander Matthews
The worst of it was, these here villagers didn't appreciate what gilt-edged security Rajah was.
Shorty McCabe|Sewell Ford
Claws became interlocked, and they fell each with distended crest, like a gilt-edged cloudlet following the setting sun.
Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield
The speculative ones were not paid up; and the gilt-edged ones just paid the calls on them until the whole show burst up.
The Inca of Perusalem|George Bernard Shaw

But leave that gilt-edged mortgage there ter stare you in the face.
The California Birthday Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for gilt-edged

gilt-edged

adjective

stock exchange denoting government securities on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date

of the highest qualitythe last track on the album is a gilt-edged classic

(of books, papers, etc) having gilded edges

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gilt-edged

or gilt-edge

adjective

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gilt-edged

adjective