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Definition of: debenture
(di·ben′chər) noun
1. An instrument in the nature of a bond, given as an acknowledgment of debt, and providing for repayment out of some specified fund or source of income: as, a mortgage debenture, one secured by a mortgage.
2. A customhouse certificate providing for a drawback.
3. A government pay order. See under BOND, STOCK. [<L debentur there are owing <debere owe]
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