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  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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Suppose that, on Sept. 30, you could have paid $1 million for a 30-year Treasury bond with a 5.6% coupon, a maturity value of $1 million and a maturity date of Sept. 30, 2056.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The long-term Treasury bond yield touches a 24-year high, while the New York Fed’s president says there was “no need for urgency” in raising interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

He also provided examples of a Treasury bond and a corporate bond, all with maturities of about seven years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

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

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The US Federal Reserve has aggressively increased rates since 2022 pushing treasury bond yields higher.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

—The bond market freakout: More worrisome to financial observers was weird, counterintuitive activity in the treasury bond market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

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

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