债券

• Debenture holders have a prior claim and accept the least risk .
  债券持有人有优先索赔权，风险最小。
• A bond is a promissory note, usually issued for a specified amount .
  债券是一种期票，通常以一定数额发行。
• The interest paid on the bond is usually called "coupon" payment .
  债券的利息付给方式通常是利用“息票”。
• A bill of exchange is a commodity that is subject to rises and falls in value .
  债券是一种商品，也有市价涨落。
• A smaller corporation can seldom raise much capital by issuing bonds .
  一家小企业不可能通过发行债券集累更多的资本。
• Debentures, unlike shares, are loans to a company with a fixed rate of interest .
  公司债券与股票不同，它是按固定利息率借给公司的贷款。
• I was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles .
  我敢说他们都在推销什么--或是债券，或是保险，或是汽车。
• He is going to put money into stocks and shares , the channel tunnel project , property .
  他打算将钱投于债券与股票、海峡隧道工程、房地产。
• Macroeconomics discusses how the money supply relates to goods and bonds and work .
  宏观经济学论述货币供应是怎样与商品债券和工作相关联的。
• For 100 years, up to 1914, the sterling bond dominated world financial markets .
  在1914年以前的一百年里，英镑债券在世界金融市场上占据着支配地位。