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Definitions: Debenture |
DebentureNoun1. A bond that is backed by the credit of the issuer but not by any specific collateral. 2. A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Finance | A writing of certificate signed by a public officer as evidence of a debt or of a right to demand or receive a sum of money. . . Source: European Union. (references) |
| A fixed-interest security issued by limited companies in return for long-term loans ; a document evidencing loan to a corporation or a company. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A bond on which the principal, or interest, or both, have been guaranteed by someone other than the original debtor. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An unsecured debt instrument or bond backed only by the general credit standing and earning capacity of the issuer. Debentures are used to obtain capital funds. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The advantage of debentures to the issuer is they leave specific assets unencumbered, and thereby leave them open for subsequent financing.
In practice the distinction between bond and debenture is not always maintained. Bonds are sometimes called debentures and vice-versa.
A specific type of debenture is the subordinated debenture. In the event of liquidation, these debentures are subordinated to designated debt obligations, typically bank loans or notes payable. That is, the debenture holders will not get paid until the senior debt, named in the debenture, have been paid.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Debenture."
Synonyms: DebentureSynonyms: debenture bond (n), unsecured bond (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: secured bond (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Credit | Letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance, securities. |
Money | Paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback, hundi, shinplaster. |
Security | Noun: security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration; real security; vadium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Debenture |
| English words defined with "debenture": debenture bond, Debentured. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "debenture": assented bond ♦ bonded debenture ♦ debenture loan, debenture outstanding, defaulted bond, defaulted debenture, dishonoured bond ♦ guaranteed debenture ♦ irredeemable debenture ♦ perpetual debenture ♦ secured debenture, subordinated debenture, subordinated debenture bond, subordinated debt. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Debenture" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (debenture). |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany will, within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, deliver to each Allied or Associated Power all securities, certificates, deeds, or other documents of title held by its nationals and relating to property, rights or interests situated in the territory of that Allied or Associated Power, including any shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, or other obligations of any company incorporated in accordance with the laws of that Power. (reference) |
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Trade | Taiwan | Most are also involved in the securities business, underwriting and trading securities and managing bond and debenture issues, as well as in providing savings-account facilities. (references) |
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| "Debenture" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.54% of the time. "Debenture" is used about 137 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.54% | 135 | 27,360 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.73% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.73% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 137 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "debenture": a naked debenture ♦ bonded debenture ♦ debenture bond ♦ debenture bonds ♦ debenture holder ♦ debenture loan ♦ debenture outstanding ♦ Debenture stock ♦ debenture with warrant ♦ defaulted debenture ♦ floating debenture ♦ guaranteed debenture ♦ irredeemable debenture ♦ loan stock debenture ♦ mortgage debenture ♦ perpetual debenture ♦ secured debenture ♦ subordinated debenture ♦ subordinated debenture bond ♦ undated debenture ♦ unsecured debenture. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "debenture": debenture-holders. | |
Ending with "debenture": share-for-debenture. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
debenture | 19 |
convertible debenture | 12 |
bond debenture | 8 |
bank debenture | 4 |
debenture definition | 3 |
law debenture | 3 |
debenture trading | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "debenture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dëftesë borxhi (iou), obligacion i shoqërisë aksionare. (various references) | |
Arabic | سند مالي (bond, security), شهادة (attestation, certificate, certification, credentials, degree, deposition, diploma, evidence, paper-qualification, show, testification, testimonial, testimony, testiness, ticket, token, witness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разписка за дълг (iou), дебентура. (various references) | |
Chinese | 公司债务. (various references) | |
Czech | dluhopis (bond, iou), obligace, úpis (obligation, promissory note). (various references) | |
Danish | panteobligation (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obligation (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, investment bond, loan stock debenture, long term bond, sorry bond), garanteret obligation (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuldbrief (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, investment bond, loan stock debenture), pandbewijs (mortgage, security bond), obligatie met zekerheidsstelling (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obligatie met garantie (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obligatie (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, investment bond, loan stock debenture, long term bond), gegarandeerde obligatie (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock). (various references) | |
Farsi | گواهینامه گمرکی , حواله دولتی , سهم قرضه . (various references) | |
Finnish | debentuuri (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, investment bond, loan stock debenture), panttauskirja (mortgage, security bond). (various references) | |
French | titre obligataire (debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, loan stock debenture), titre (degree), reconnaissance de dette, part obligataire (debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, loan stock debenture), obligatoire non garantie, obligation garantie (bonded debenture, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured debenture), obligation cautionnée (bonded debenture, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured debenture), obligation (debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, loan stock debenture), lettre de gage, certificat (degree), acte de gage, émission obligataire (debt issue). (various references) | |
German | Schuldschein (iou, note, promissory note). (various references) | |
Greek | ομόλογο (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, homology, investment bond, loan stock debenture). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אובלי'צי", א'רת חוב (bond, script). (various references) | |
Hungarian | adóslevél (debenture-bond, iou, note, note of hand, obligation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | surat hutang obligasi, pengembalian uang, obligasi (bond). (various references) | |
Italian | obbligazione (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, engagement, investment bond, loan stock debenture, long term bond, obligation, undertaking). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 債券 (bond). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さいけ" (bond, claim, close inspection, credit, rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation, scrutiny). (various references) | |
Korean | 사채. (various references) | |
Manx | benshyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebentureday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | documento de penhor (mortgage, security bond), debênture, titulo (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, investment bond, loan stock debenture), penhor (chattel mortgage, chit, deposit, earnest, forfeit, Gage, guarantee, hostel, lientery, mortgage, mortgage on chattels, pawn, pawning, pledge, pledging, security, security bond, surety, token), obrigação garantida (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obrigação do tesouro, obrigação caucionada (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obrigação (bond, bond certificate, burden, business, commitment, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, devoir, due, duty, engagement, function, incumbency, indebtedness, investment bond, job, labor, labour, loan stock debenture, must, obligation, office, onus, ought, promissory, responsibility, shall, trust, undertaking, would), certidão de alfândega. (various references) | |
Romanian | titlu de creanţã, obligaţiune. (various references) | |
Russian | обязательство долговое, долговое обязательство. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | obveznica (bond). (various references) | |
Spanish | título reembolsable (redeemable security, redeemable stock), título de crédito (account receivable, debt, debt receivable, debtor, demand, loan claim), obligación garantizada (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obligación con garantía (bond, bonded debenture, collateral bonds, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt, secured bond, secured debenture, secured loan stock), obligación (bond, commitment, duty, engagement, liability, long term bond, must, obligation, privity, subjection, trust, undertaking). (various references) | |
Swedish | debenture, skuldsedel (bond, I.O.U., iou), förlagsbevis (bond, bond certificate, debenture bond, debenture stock, debt security, investment bond, loan stock debenture). (various references) | |
Turkish | gümrük iadesi belgesi, borçlanma belgesi, borç senedi (bill payable, iou). (various references) | |
Ukranian | облігація акціонерного товариства, боргове зобов'язання (bond), боргова розписка (obligation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | giấy nợ (iou). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "debenture": debentures. (additional references) | |
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"Debenture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debanture, debature, dementure. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "debenture" (pronounced dube"nkher) |
| 5 | -b e" n kh er | bencher. |
| 4 | -e" n kh er | adventure, Clencher, denture, indenture, misadventure, quencher, trencher, venture. |
| 3 | -n kh er | clincher, cruncher, launcher, licensure, Pincher, rancher. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: neutered. | |
-2 letters: denture, entered, retuned, tenured. | |
-3 letters: bendee, bender, brunet, bruted, bunted, bunter, burden, burned, burnet, butene, endure, entree, enured, eterne, needer, neuter, rented, retene, retune, teener, tender, tenure, tureen, turned, unbred. | |
-4 letters: beret, brede, breed, brent, brunt, brute, bundt, buret, burnt, debut, deter, ender, endue, enter, enure, etude, nuder, rebut, redub, rente, terne, treed, treen, trend, trued, tubed, tuber, tuned, tuner, undee, under. | |
-5 letters: bedu, been, beer, beet, bend, bene, bent, bred, bree, bren, brut, bund, bunt, burd, burn, bute, debt, deer, deet, dene, dent, dere, dree, drub, duet, dune, dunt, dure, durn, erne, need, nerd, nude, nurd, rede, reed, rend, rent, rete, rube, rude, rued, rune, runt, teed, teen, tend, tern, tree, true, tube, tune, turd, turn, unbe, unde. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-e-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: debentures. | |
+3 letters: uncelebrated, unembittered. | |
+4 letters: underbudgeted. | |
+5 letters: butterfingered, obduratenesses, undeterminable. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -... . -. - ..- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100010 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e b e n t u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0062 0065 006E 0074 0075 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387168718086878471 |
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