debenture interest

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• debenture interest — ➔ interest * * * debenture interest UK US noun [U] ► FINANCE an amount of money paid regularly to the lenders on debentures: »Debenture interest has to be paid by a company whether it makes a profit or not …   Financial and business terms

• interest — the cost of borrowing money. Glossary of Business Terms What is paid to a lender for the use of his money and includes compensation to the lender for three factors: 1) Time value of money (lender s rate) the value of today s dollar is more than… …   Financial and business terms

• Interest — The price paid for borrowing money. It is expressed as a percentage rate over a period of time and reflects the rate of exchange of present consumption for future consumption. Also, a share or title in property. The New York Times Financial… …   Financial and business terms

• debenture — de·ben·ture /di ben chər/ n [Anglo French debentour and Medieval Latin debentura, perhaps from Latin debentur they are owed]: an unsecured bond that is backed by the issuer s general credit rather than a specific lien – called also debenture… …   Law dictionary

• debenture holder — deˈbenture ˌholder noun [countable] FINANCE a person or organization that has lent money to a company in the form of debentures: • The next payment to debenture holders is due in February. * * * debenture holder UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE a person… …   Financial and business terms

• debenture — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a bond of a company acknowledging a debt and yielding a fixed rate of interest. ORIGIN Latin debentur are owing (used as the first word of a certificate recording a debt), from debere owe …   English terms dictionary

• debenture — [di ben′chər] n. [ME debentur < ML < L, 3d pers. pl., pres. pass. indic., of debere: see DEBT: so called from receipts beginning with the Latin words debentur mihi, there are owing to me] 1. a voucher or certificate acknowledging that a… …   English World dictionary

• debenture — a fixed interest investment in a company, which has priority for interest payments, generally redeemable after the lapse of a specified time Any debt obligation backed strictly by the borrower s integrity, e.g. an un secured bond. A debenture is… …   Financial and business terms

• Debenture — For debentures in sport, see debenture (sport). Finance Financial markets …   Wikipedia

• Debenture (sport) — For other uses, see Debenture. In sport, a debenture is defined as a certificate of agreement of loans which is given under the company s stamp and carries an undertaking that the debenture holder will get a fixed return (fixed on the basis of… …   Wikipedia

• debenture stock — A type of stock that makes fixed payments at scheduled intervals of time. Debenture stock differs from a debenture in that it has the status of equity, not debt, in liquidation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A form of loan stock legally defined… …   Financial and business terms