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Definitions of gilts in various dictionaries:
noun - a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
noun - the gold with which something is gilded
GILTS - Gilt-edged securities are bonds issued by the UK Government. The term is of British origin, and then referred to the debt securities issued by the Ba...
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| Fancy embellishments |
| Coatings of gold |
| Young sows |
| UK government fixed-interest loan securities |
| Key list put out for government securities |
| Safe investment for pigs? |
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| Plural form of gilt. |
| bonds that are sold by the British government: |
| Covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint. |
| Gold leaf or gold paint applied in a thin layer to a surface. |
| Fixed-interest loan securities issued by the UK government. |
| A young sow. |
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Gilt-edged securities are bonds issued by the UK Government. The term is of British origin, and then referred to the debt securities issued by the Bank of England on behalf of His/Her Majesty's Treasury, whose paper certificates had a gilt (or gilded) edge. Hence, they are known as gilt-edged securities, or gilts for short. Today the term is used in the United Kingdom as well as some Commonwealth nations, such as South Africa and India. However, when reference is made to "gilts", what is generally meant is UK gilts, unless otherwise specified. * Colloquially, the term "gilt-edged" is sometimes used to denote high-grade securities, consequently carrying low yields, as opposed to relatively riskier, below investment-grade securities. * In 2002 the data collected by the British Office for National Statistics revealed that about two-thirds of all UK gilts are held by insurance companies and pension funds. Since 2009 large quantities of gilts have been created and repurchased by the Bank of Eng |