Meanings
plural Treasury bills · alternative treasury bill · alternative Treasury Bill
- businessA government obligation, sold at a discount, maturing in one year or less, and pay no interest prior to maturity.
Synonyms: T-bill
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA government obligation, sold at a discount, maturing in one year or less, and pay no interest prior to maturity.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Treasury (“the US Treasury”) + bill.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 國庫券 /国库券
- 國庫券 /国库券 (guókùquàn)short-term government obligation
Czech pokladniční poukázka
- pokladniční poukázkashort-term government obligation
Danish skatkammerbevis
- skatkammerbevisshort-term government obligation
Finnish valtion lyhytaikainen velkakirja
- valtion lyhytaikainen velkakirjashort-term government obligation
Irish bille státchiste
- bille státchisteshort-term government obligation
Cite this entry
Treasury bill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Treasury%20bill
“Treasury bill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Treasury%20bill. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Treasury bill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Treasury%20bill.
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