debentures
Meaning of debentures
plural noun
a long-term security yielding a fixed rate of interest, issued by a company and secured against assets.
late Middle English (denoting a voucher issued by a royal household, giving the right to claim payment for goods or services): from Latin debentur ‘are owing’ (from debere ‘owe’), used as the first word of a certificate recording a debt. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.
Information about debentures
- It is a name.
- The singular form of debentures is: debenture.
- Languages in which debentures is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of debentures
deben-tures
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 letters.
- debentures is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with debentures
ures, Aures, Jaures, aures, roquelaures, garbures, cures, discures, epicures, faithcures, manicures, obscures, overcures, pedicures, precures, procures, recures, resecures, secures, sinecures, bordures, coendures, dures, endures, engendures, microprocedures, obdures, ordures, outdures, perdures, procedures, reioyndures, rejoindures, rondures, roundures, supersedures, verdures, esthesioneures, exterieures, somatopleures, coiffures, furfures, configures, disfigures, figures, ligures, outfigures, prefigures, reconfigures, refigures