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

1 sense of government bond

Sense 1
government bond -- (a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world)
       => 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)