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flower bonds

flower bonds is the plural of flower bond.

Meaning of flower bond

Noun

flower bond (plural flower bonds)

  1. (US, historical) A Treasury bond that could be purchased at less than face value, but upon the holder's death could be redeemed for full face value for the purpose of paying federal estate taxes.
    • In several cases, the Internal Revenue Service argued that the decedent on whose behalf an agent bought a flower bond was past the point of capacity at the time of the purchase, although no adjudication so established.2003, Sarah Worthington, Commercial Law and Commercial Practice, page 77

Questions about flower bonds

What is flower bonds the plural of?
Flower bonds is the plural of flower bond.

Words near flower bonds in the dictionary

  1. flower bed
  2. flower beds
  3. flower beetle
  4. flower beetles
  5. flower bond
  6. flower bonds
  7. flower box
  8. flower boxes
  9. flower bug
  10. flower bugs
  11. flower car

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