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HIGH-YIELD BOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high-yield bond mean? 

HIGH-YIELD BOND (noun)
  The noun HIGH-YIELD BOND has 1 sense:

1. a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable creditplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH-YIELD BOND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH-YIELD BOND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

high-yield bond; junk bond

Hypernyms ("high-yield bond" is a kind of...):

bond; bond certificate (a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal)


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