BOND

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Definitions

a legal paper evidencing a debt wherein the issuing company usually promises to pay the bondholder a stated amount of interest for a definite period of time and to repay the loan upon expiration. A bondholder, therefore, is a creditor of the company and not a part owner as is a stockholder.