certificate of indebtedness

1. 1.

   a written promise to repay a debt

   Synonymsdebt instrumentobligation

   Broaderdocument

   Narrowercash equivalentcertificate of depositnotefloaterbond

Questions about certificate of indebtedness

What does certificate of indebtedness mean?

certificate of indebtedness means "a written promise to repay a debt".

What is another word for certificate of indebtedness?

Close synonyms include debt instrument, obligation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is certificate of indebtedness a common word?

certificate of indebtedness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.