Securities Definition

noun
Stocks, bonds, and the like; any instrument of secured indebtedness or of a right to participate in the profits or assets of a profit making concern. Traditionally, securities have been a major area of investment and speculation by individuals and banks.
Webster's New World Law

Plural form of security.

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Securities Sentence Examples

  • No securities, however, could bind John.

  • The public rushed to the bank to obtain advances by pledging securities.

  • The business subsequently proved profitable, good dividends were paid, and the securities for the most part commanded a premium in the market.

  • Inasmuch as the debenture stocks and preference shares would have to be redeemed in 1911 at premiums ranging from 3 to 5 per cent., the state would have to pay the company £253,000 in excess of the total of the outstanding securities in order to enable the ordinary shares to receive par, and in the council's view this payment would diminish the p robability of the Post Office being able to afford a substantial reduction in the telephone charges.

  • In both states the consent of the Commission is necessary for the issue of corporate securities.

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