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government stock in British English (ˈɡʌvənmənt stɒk) noun finance stock issued by the UK or another national government Examples of 'government stock' in a sentencegovernment stock You could put your money in government stock and forget about it.There were few investment funds and personal pensions did not exist, so investing meant buying shares or government stock.The unprecedented size of borrowing is raising questions about whether the market can absorb so much government stock without the need to push rates higher.The rate was set in 2001 and was based partly on the return then available on index-linked government stock.When he left three years later he was heading a desk of six, trading treasury bills, government stock and forward rates of agreement.The so-called discount rate was set in 2001 and was based partly on the return then available on index-linkedgovernment stock.That would mean moving away from calculating damages awards by reference to index-linked government stocks. |