票据的中文解释

指短期债券，期限通常不超过两年，但各国具体用词各有不同。常用作美国国库券(Treasury bills)的简称。 美国国库券亦简称T-bills，指一年或一年以内到期的公债，到期前不付息。 Treasury notes及Treasury bonds为较长期的美国公债，每半年按固定的票面利率付息一次，到期偿还本金。Notes的年期为一年以上，10年以内，而bonds则是10年以上。其他国家在bills， notes及bonds的年期划分上可能各有不同。

Bill的英文解释

A short-term debt instrument with a maturity usually no longer than two years, although terminology varies from country to country. Bill is often a shorthand reference to treasury bills, which are short-term government debt. Medium-term debt instruments are notes and longer-term instruments are bonds. In some markets a note has a maturity of two to five years and a bond has a maturity longer than five years, but usage varies.

• instrument [´instrumənt]   n.仪器；手段；乐器   (初中英语单词)
• reference [´refərəns]   n.参考；参照；出处   (初中英语单词)
• maturity [mə´tjuəriti]   n.成熟；完备   (英语四级单词)