Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corporate_bond

1 sense of corporate bond

Sense 1
corporate bond -- (a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders; "a corporate bond is a safer investment than common stock in the same company")
       => bond, bond certificate -- (a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal)