ZERO-COUPON SECURITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zero-coupon security mean? 

• ZERO-COUPON SECURITY (noun)
  The noun ZERO-COUPON SECURITY has 1 sense:

1. a security that makes no interest payments but instead is sold at a deep discount from its face value

  Familiarity information: ZERO-COUPON SECURITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZERO-COUPON SECURITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A security that makes no interest payments but instead is sold at a deep discount from its face value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

zero-coupon security; zero coupon security

Hypernyms ("zero-coupon security" is a kind of...):

certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zero-coupon security"):

zero-coupon bond; zero coupon bond (a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security)