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Debenture

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Noun
  1. 1
    A certificate that certifies an amount of money owed to someone; a certificate of indebtedness.
  2. 2
    a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt wordnet
  3. 3
    A certificate of a loan made to the government; a government bond. obsolete

    "Madame Corre, who made the important decisions after her plodding husband had spent hours on the ledger, sold the family debentures and put the money into Dutch decurities."

  4. 4
    the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future wordnet
  5. 5
    A type of debt instrument secured only by the general credit or promise to pay of the issuer, not involving any physical assets or collateral, now commonly issued by large, well established corporations with adequate credit ratings. US
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  1. 6
    A document granting lenders a charge over a borrower’s physical assets, giving them a means to collect a debt, as part of a secured loan. UK

    "That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired."

Etymology

From earlier debentur, from Latin debentur (“they are owing”), supposedly the first word of such a document in early times. The ending was apparently influenced by words in -(t)ure.

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