perpetual debenture

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a bond or debenture that can either never be redeemed or cannot be redeemed on demand

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Words nearby perpetual debenture

perpetrator, perpetual, perpetual adoration, perpetual calendar, perpetual check, perpetual debenture, perpetual inventory, perpetually, perpetual motion, perpetual-motion machine, perpetuate

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Example sentences from the Web for perpetual debenture

But millions of rules result in perpetual error, and, as a terminal side effect, make leadership and accomplishment illegal.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Big discounts and cheap credit keep them coming back for more; and keep millions in perpetual debt.
Christmas Is the New Subprime|Doug McIntyre|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hollande is ‘the king of doublespeak, ambiguity, and perpetual lies’
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Wall Street, Bank of America plays a perpetual second fiddle to JPMorgan Chase Co., the only U.S. bank that holds more assets.
Megabanks Have The Federal Prison System Locked Up|Center for Public Integrity|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Some people upload content to Facebook for the perpetual online access it provides.
Porn Stars Want to Know: Why Did Facebook Delete Me?|Aurora Snow|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He lived in a perpetual fear and danger of discovery; and discovery now was but another name, for poison—prison—death.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He shows that under free individual competition there is a perpetual waste of energy.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The exercise of confessing the name of God, corresponds to that of joining to him in a perpetual covenant.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
We flocked round the duke, and hailed his first conquest as a promise of perpetual success.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

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