释义 |
debenture/diˈben(t)ʃə/n. 1 Brit. an acknowledgement of indebtedness, esp. a bond of a company or corporation acknowledging a debt and providing for payment of interest at fixed intervals [英]借据(尤指公司债券) 2 US (in full 全称 debenture bond) a fixed-interest bond of a company or corporation, backed by general credit rather than specified assets [美] (公司)无担保品债券 [Middle English from Latin debentur ‘are owing’, from debēre ‘owe’: assimilated to -URE] |