NOUN
- a short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days
How To Use Treasury bill In A Sentence
- Amid it all stands Mitt Romney, not the high-flying investment lots of Republicans yearned to put their money on, but the unspectacular Treasury bill of Republican candidates, a man whose emphasis on jobs and the economy makes him a safe enough bet at a time like this. GOP 'Flight to Safety' Benefits Romney
- They borrow short-term funds and use these funds to purchase higher yielding assets, such as Treasury Bills and commercial bills.
- If they tire of gold or treasury bills, they will choose companies flush with funds, those that do not need the banking system to fund their operations. Times, Sunday Times
- As the volume of Treasury bills declined in the 1970s the discount houses facilitated the rapid growth in the commercial bill market.
- As I mentioned above, the margining system used by the futures options exchanges provides a special advantage of allowing Treasury bills to be margined.
- That's a huge spread to the one-year Treasury bill, which is currently yielding less than one-third of a percentage point.
- A liquid market and stable overnight rates is expected this week while on the other hand a further decline in treasury bill rates is inevitable.
- I call the illiquid securities "cash for trash" because the Fed has given treasury bills or cash in exchange for these distressed mortgage backed securities. US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
- Many have had good reason to use bank and money market deposits to purchase some of the inflating quantity of higher-yielding Treasury bills and notes.
- They borrow short-term funds and use these funds to purchase higher yielding assets, such as Treasury Bills and commercial bills.
