BOND RATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bond rating mean? 

• BOND RATING (noun)
  The noun BOND RATING has 1 sense:

1. an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default

  Familiarity information: BOND RATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOND RATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA

Hypernyms ("bond rating" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)