Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dequity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-quity
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This book is the first to fully examine the many recent financial innovations that have blended the traits of debt and equity and created the hybrid security known as dequity."
"For example quasi-debt (or dequity) instruments, such as redeemable preference shares, carry obligations and incentives to perform in order that the shares may be repurchased"
"They can be designed with debt-like features so as to satisfy the Internal Revenue Service that they are debt instruments, not equity (or "debtquity" as some refer to junk bonds)."

Etymology

Blend of debt + equity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

debtquity (alternative)

Questions

What does dequity mean?: Securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities.
Where does dequity come from?: Blend of debt + equity.

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