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Definition: Gilt-edged |
Gilt-edgedAdjective1. Of the highest quality or value; "gilt-edged securities"; "gilt-edged credentials". 2. Having gilded edges as the pages of a book. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gilt-edged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Crosswords: Gilt-edged |
| English words defined with "gilt-edged": Gilt-edge ♦ long-dated ♦ Roxburgh ♦ short-dated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gilt-edged": gilt-edged stock ♦ medium-dated gilt-edged stock ♦ public bonds, public sector bond ♦ short-dated security. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Gilt-edged" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.65% of the time. "Gilt-edged" is used about 69 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.65% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.35% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 69 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "gilt-edged"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shumë i mirë (admirable, first rate, Lummy, rare, tiptop), me anët të praruara. (various references) | |
Arabic | مذهب الأطراف, طلى الأطراف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | с позлатени краища, екстра (cool, crack-a-jack, extra, first rate, goluptious, nailing, primely, rattling, ripping, slick), първокласен (champion, classic, classical, clinking, exclusive, first class, first rate, five-star, number one, posh, prize, pucka, pukka, ranking, scratch, slap up, slashing, swell, top notch, topflight, top-hole). (various references) | |
Czech | se zlatou ořízkou. (various references) | |
Danish | guldrandet papir (blue chip, bond issued by the State, first-class papers, gilt-edged security, gilt-edged stock, Government bond, Government stock, governmental bond, public bonds, public sector bond, security of trustee status, State bond, trustee security), værdipapir,i hvilket umyndiges midler kan anbringes (blue chip, first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), statsobligation med mellemlang løbetid (medium, medium-dated gilt-edged stock), statsobligation ellerog statsgaranteret obligation (annuity, gilt, gilt-edged security), statsobligation (bond issued by the State, gilt-edged security, Government bond, Government stock, governmental bond, medium-term Treasury bond, State bond, Treasury certificate, Treasury note), offentlig obligation (gilt-edged stock, public bonds, public sector bond), fonds (funds, gilt-edged stock, public bonds, public sector bond). (various references) | |
Dutch | goudgerande waarden (bond issued by the State, gilt-edged security, Government bond, Government stock, governmental bond, State bond), goudgerande waarde (blue chip, first-class papers, gilt-edged security, security of trustee status, trustee security), goudgerand waardepapier (gilt-edged stock, public bonds, public sector bond), staatsobligatie (bond issued by the State, gilt-edged security, Government bond, Government stock, governmental bond, State bond), rente (income, interest, percent, percentage, return), overheidsobligatie (bond issued by the State, gilt-edged security, gilt-edged stock, Government bond, Government stock, governmental bond, public bonds, public sector bond, State bond), overheidsfondsen (gilt-edged stock, public bonds, public sector bond), middellange termijn (medium, medium-dated gilt-edged stock), lijfrente (annuity, gilt, gilt-edged security). (various references) | |
Finnish | medium (medium, medium-dated gilt-edged stock). (various references) | |
French | doré sur tranche. (various references) | |
German | mündelsicher. (various references) | |
Greek | επίχρυσοσ (gilt), αριστήσ ποιότητοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | aranyszegélyû, aranymetszésû. (various references) | |
Italian | di prim'ordine (super, top class). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 優良 (blue chip, blue chip stock, gilt-edged stock). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ゆうりょうかぶ (blue chip, blue chip stock, gilt-edged stock). (various references) | |
Manx | airh-oirrit (gold-rimmed). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ilt-edgedgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | de borda dourada. (various references) | |
Russian | с золотым обрезом, первоклассный (bang-up, capital, champion, classy, first class, first rate, first-rate, hunky-dory, lummy, pucka, pukka, splendid, sterling, super, tiptop, top flight, topflight, top-flight, top-hole, top-line, topnotch, top-notch, top-quality). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pozlaćenih ivica. (various references) | |
Spanish | valorizado de máxima garantía, con cantos dorados. (various references) | |
Swedish | guldkantad (gold-rimmed), med guldsnitt. (various references) | |
Turkish | güvenilir (above suspicion, authentic, bankable, calculable, certain, confidential, credible, creditable, dependable, regular, reliable, responsible, right hand, secure, solid, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, straight, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unsuspicious, worthy of credit), sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, indissoluble, invulnerable, lusty, responsible, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), kenarı yaldızlı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | із золотим обрізом, перешокласний (screaming, super). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-g-g-i-l-t" | |
-3 letters: dieted, digged, edited, elegit, elided, gelded, giglet, gilded, glided, legged. | |
-4 letters: deled, edged, edile, egged, elide, elite, gelid, glede, gleed, gleet, glide, idled, ledge, legit, liege, tided, tilde, tiled. | |
-5 letters: deed, deet, deil, dele, deli, delt, died, diel, diet, dite, edge, edit, eide, geed, geld, gelt, gied, gild, gilt, gled, glee, gleg, idle. | |
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