TREASURY OBLIGATIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Treasury obligations mean? 

• TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (noun)
  The noun TREASURY OBLIGATIONS has 1 sense:

1. negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time

  Familiarity information: TREASURY OBLIGATIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

Treasury; Treasury obligations

Hypernyms ("Treasury obligations" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Treasury obligations"):

T-bill; Treasury bill (a short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days)

Treasury bond (a debt instrument with maturities of 10 years or longer)

Treasury note (securities with maturities of 1 to 10 years; sold for cash or in exchange for maturing issues or at auction)