debenture
de·ben·ture
noun
1.
2.
a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
Origin
From earlier debentur, from Latin debentur (“they are owing”), supposedly the first word of such a document in early times. The ending was apparently influenced by words in -(t)ure.
Phrases
- debenture bond
- debenture holder
- debenture stock
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