bond-basics

Bullet Maturity

A single, fixed Principal payment at Maturity with no Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption feature.


See Also

Maturity Date

The date upon which the principal of a bond becomes due and payable to the bond owner.

Serial Bonds

Maturities of a bond issue which mature in consecutive years or other shorter periods.

Hudson Yards Rail Yards

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Extraordinary Measures

Changes to the operations and accounting of funds under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Treasury that allow the federal government to continue paying bills and most operations after the U.S. has reached or neared its debt limit.