junk bond

junk bond
noun
a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
• Syn: ↑high-yield bond
• Hypernyms: ↑bond, ↑bond certificate

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noun
: a high-risk bond that offers a high yield and is often issued to finance a take-over of a company

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Finance.
any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
[1975-80]

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junk bond noun
A bond offering a high yield but with high risk
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Main Entry: ↑junk

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junk bond UK US noun [countable] [singular junk bond plural junk bonds] business
a bond that pays a lot of interest but has a high level of risk
Thesaurus: investing and investmentshyponym to invest moneysynonym

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junk bond,
U.S. a high-risk, noncorporate or low-grade corporate bond that is bought at less than face value.

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n. a high-yield, high-risk security, typically issued by a company seeking to raise capital quickly in order to finance a takeover

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noun, pl ⋯ bonds [count]
business : a type of bond that pays high interest but also has a high risk

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ˈjunk bond [junk bond junk bonds] noun (business)
a type of ↑bond that pays a high rate of interest because there is a lot of risk involved, often used to raise money quickly in order to buy the shares of another company

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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