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fixed income

fixed income noun: any type of investment under which the borrower/issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule. Broadly, such investments tend to be bonds and are not stocks.

Noun

fixed income (countable and uncountable, plural fixed incomes)

  1. Any type of investment under which the borrower/issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule. Broadly, such investments tend to be bonds and are not stocks.
  2. A personal income that does not vary over time, often predominantly from pensions or state benefits; especially, such an income that is low, requiring frugal living.

Forms of fixed income

pluralfixed incomes

Questions about fixed income

What does fixed income mean?
Fixed income means any type of investment under which the borrower/issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule. Broadly, such investments tend to be bonds and are not stocks.
What part of speech is fixed income?
Fixed income is a noun.
What is the plural of fixed income?
The plural of fixed income is fixed incomes.

Words near fixed income in the dictionary

  1. fixed fields
  2. fixed head coupé
  3. fixed head coupés
  4. fixed idea
  5. fixed ideas
  6. fixed income
  7. fixed incomes
  8. fixed limit
  9. fixed mindset
  10. fixed mindsets
  11. fixed odds

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