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dequity

dequity noun: securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities.

Noun

dequity (uncountable)

  1. Securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities.
    • 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.1991, Andrew H. Chen with John W. Kensinger, Innovations in dequity financing
    • 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 repurchased1996, Ken Robbie with Mike Wright, Management buy-ins: entrepreneurship, active investors, and corporate restructuring, page 4

Forms of dequity

alternative formdebtquity

Origin of dequity

Blend of debt + equity.

Questions about dequity

What does dequity mean?
Dequity means securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities.
What part of speech is dequity?
Dequity is a noun.

Words near dequity in the dictionary

  1. dequeueing
  2. dequeuer
  3. dequeuers
  4. dequeues
  5. dequeuing
  6. dequity
  7. Dequoron
  8. der
  9. Der Kaloustian-Jarudi-Khoury syndrome
  10. der's
  11. der-brain

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