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Definition of Treasury bill
1. Noun. A short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days.
Definition of Treasury bill
1. Noun. (finance) A government obligation, sold at a discount, maturing in one year or less, and pays no interest prior to maturity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treasury Bill
Literary usage of Treasury bill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1868)
"... Treasury bill. I say in all seriousness that this should be entitled " A bill
to embarrass the treasury in the disbursement of the public money. ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"His remarks were referred by the Senate to its Committee on Finance, of which
Silas Wright was chairman, and by him another sub-treasury bill was promptly ..."
3. The Boston Quarterly Review by Orestes Augustus Brownson (1838)
"Speech of Mr. Calhoun, of South Carolina, on the Sub-Treasury bill. ... WE regard
the Sub-Treasury bill as one of the most important measures which our ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Copy presented, of Treasury Minute, dated 21st October, 1908, guaranteeing the
further issue of £1000000 Transvaal Treasury bill [by Act] ; to lie upon the ..."
5. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1888)
"REMARKS On the Bill reported by the Committee on Finance to repeal the Independent
Treasury bill; delivered in the Senate, June 9th, 1841. ..."
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