Not exact matches
By buying a bond, you're giving the
issuer a
loan, and they agree to
pay you back the face value of the
loan on a specific date, and to
pay you periodic
interest payments along the way, usually twice a year.
The bond
issuers promise to
pay you back for the full
loan amount, also called par value, face value, maturity value or principal, and usually with regular
interest payments
on the par value.
The bondholder
loans the
issuer money and the
issuer promises to
pay the bondholder
interest at a specified rate
on the
loan for a specified period of time and then to repay the
loan at expiration.
Issuers with higher credit ratings generally pay less interest than issuers with lower credit ratings as they have a lower risk of defaulting on their
Issuers with higher credit ratings generally
pay less
interest than
issuers with lower credit ratings as they have a lower risk of defaulting on their
issuers with lower credit ratings as they have a lower risk of defaulting
on their
loans.
A certificate evidencing a debt
on which the
issuer promises to
pay the holder a specified amount of
interest based
on the coupon rate, for a specified length of time, and to repay the
loan on its maturity.
Each bond represents a promise by the
issuer to
pay a certain amount of
interest and repay the full amount of the
loan on a specific date in the future.