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treasury bills

Treasury bill
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Definition of treasury bills words

  • noun treasury bills an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market. 1

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Origin of treasury bills

First appearance:

before 1790
One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1790-1800

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Parts of speech for Treasury bills

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

treasury bills popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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