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In finance and economics, a bond or debenture is a debt instrument that obligates the
issuer to pay to the bondholder the principal (the original amount of the loan) plus interest. Thus, a bond is essentially an I.O.U. (I owe you contract)
issued by a private or governmental corporation. The corporation "borrows" the face amount of the bond from its buyer, pays
interest on that debt while it is outstanding, and then "redeems" the bond by paying back the debt. A mortgage is a bond with a lien on a real estate.
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