securities

securities definition - finance
Financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, futures, or options contracts. Securities may be traded on organized exchanges or on over-the-counter exchanges.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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