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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

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On worries over higher Treasury bond yields, closely monitored as a proxy for interest rates, the official said interest costs are expected to cool as inflation eases over time.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Investors buying a 20- or 30-year Treasury bond want to be compensated for locking up their money as inflation concerns, fiscal deficits and an ever-increasing national debt loom.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

By early this week, the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond had topped 5.3%—its highest level since 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Traders typically bet on this through buying a 2-year Treasury bond while selling or even betting against 10-year notes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 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

Let’s say that you choose the U.S. treasury bond as your baseline return and it gives an expected return of five percent.

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