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• Treasury bond
  Treasury bond

  noun

  any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
• treasury bond
  treasury bond

  noun

  a long-term interest-bearing bond issued by the US Treasury

Treasury bond

American  

Or treasury bond

noun

1. any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.

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treasury bond British  

noun

1. a long-term interest-bearing bond issued by the US Treasury

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Etymology

Origin of Treasury bond

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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Elliott argues such a move would be self-defeating, because Treasury bond yields would rise to compensate.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Treasury bond during any given year was 1.1%.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

It was a sea change as investors previously would have to guess the Fed’s posture toward interest rates by watching for changes in the Treasury bond market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

That’s keeping Treasury bond yields elevated, with 10-year paper trading at 4.441%, and could weigh on stock-market gains over the coming days.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Treasury bond; hardly anyone could understand a subprime mortgage–backed CDO.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

They don't know the mechanics of how treasury bonds are bought and sold — they just know that there's a treasury bond market and they need to get some dollars from that.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025

As I write, a 10-year treasury bond yields about 4.2% annually.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

Just 10 years ago, the U.S. 10-year treasury bond yielded about 3 percent, Five years prior to that, it offered more than 5 percent.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2021

Now let’s say you are looking at an investment that has an expected return of 10 percent, and it is not a treasury bond.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 31, 2018

South Korean stocks and the won slightly cut losses while treasury bond futures extended gains as traders played down the chance the tensions with the North would develop enough to spark a massive capital flight.

From Reuters ● May 24, 2010