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DEFINITION of 'Debt Security'. Any debt instrument that can be bought or sold between two parties and has basic terms defined, such as notional amount (amount borrowed), interest rate and maturity/renewal date. Debt securities include government bonds, corporate bonds, CDs, municipal bonds, preferred stock, collateralized securities (such as CDOs, CMOs, GNMAs) and zero-coupon securities. (Investopedia)
debt obligations Loans, bonds, leases, and other debt instruments owed by a corporation. Debt obligations are carried on a company's books as a liability. (investorwords.com)
A floating interest rate, also known as a variable or adjustable rate, refers to any type of debt instrument, such as a loan, bond, mortgage, or credit, that does not have a fixed rate of interest over the life of the instrument. (Wikipedia)
Maturity. In a loan transaction, the date on which the term of the loan expires and the outstanding principal balance of the loan must be repaid to the lender. [...] In loan agreement terminology, maturity is sometimes referred to as "final maturity" or the "maturity date." In the context of debt securities, a maturity date is the date when the principal amount of a bond, note, or other debt instrument is typically repaid to the investor along with the final interest payment. (Thomson Reuters Practical Law)
