What do you understand by the term debentures?

[Heatman]

Debentures are a debt instrument used by companies and government to issue loan.

Seriously, this is actually my very first time I'm hearing this thing and as I'm trying to head to my dictionary or Google to find out more about it you already giving me an explanation so I appreciate that.

 

[Kubiat-Abasi]

Debentures are debt instrument used by companies, financial institutions and government to issue and track loan.

 

[Ezekiel]

Debenture is an agreement which helps a business owner either private or government to know the statistics of amount borrowed.

 

[Toyoabasi]

The term is frequently repeated in the financial arena. Is there an accurate definition of it?

I think a debenture is a debt instrument. It is usually given to a loan collector in form of a receipt as a proof that he or she now owes a certain amount of money.

 

[Thinker009]

I think it's a type of government bond in which the government makes use of in collecting loan ,and at the end get the loan they required if they meet the necessary conditions

 

[Justin]

Debentures are are contracts that give you fixed interest for a certain period of time. Debentures are secured by collateral. For example, when a company takes a loan it issues Debentures for the lender.

 

[Heatman]

Debentures are debt instrument used by companies, financial institutions and government to issue and track loan.

Seriously, this is something that they don't joke with because the survival of their business depends on how good they track their money and loans.

 

[joy101]

Debenture is debt instrument use to issue of loan in any organization where them wish to borrow money, to start their business, and start making from it.

 

[Ghost1]

Debenture is just simply borrowing without placing out a well stated collateral. They rely on the reputation of the company, and of course there are interest to be paid

 

[Kvngsammy]

Debentures are actually in layman's language types of bonds or debt that are not secured by any collateral - because of this, they actually rely on the credibility of the issuer. Types include treasury bills and treasury bonds.

 

[Kaffyfolla]

A debenture is a type of debt instrument that is not backed by any collateral and usually has a term greater than 10 years. Debentures are backed only by the creditworthiness and reputation of the issuer. ... Some debentures can convert to equity shares while others cannot

 

[Grandeur]

Simt put, debentures is long term debt. The kind of money that is borrowed in lump sum from financial institutions mainly to fund a business because accounting believe a business is usually funded by equity and debt.

 

[tyrim88]

The issue of debenture is actually a sitution where the issuer gives out a grant of loan to a beneficiary without a support structure to back up such loan facility,its usually given by government in the form of bonds.

 

[Smiles20]

Debentures is a word that is used in finance to describe a type of liability that cannot be covered by collateral or in another words a debtvthat cannot be covered by collaterals.

 

[Shigobad20201]

This reminds me of my college days that we had difficulty in understanding that word. One classmate even joked that what we know is denture and not debenture. Anyway, debenture are government bonds that are issued to gather money. It has a better interest than other negotiable instruments although there is no backing in gold or in dollar reserves. That means debenture is like a fiat money. But its life is only for a short time because it is just a stop gap measure for the government to have more cash.

Debenture are said to be a debt instruments used by the government to issue out loans to companies and organisation , like we all know , debunture is like crypto currency which you cant see but can be turned to real money .