registered security

1. 1.

   a security whose owner's name is recorded on the books of the issuer (or issuer's agent)

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   Narrowerregistered bond

Questions about registered security

What does registered security mean?

registered security means "a security whose owner's name is recorded on the books of the issuer (or issuer's agent)".

Is registered security a common word?

registered security 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.