fixed income

noun

Any type of investment under which the borrower/issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule. Broadly, such investments tend to be bonds and are not stocks.

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Meanings

nounfixed income (countable and uncountable, plural fixed incomes)

plural fixed incomes

  1. countableuncountablebusinessAny type of investment under which the borrower/issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule. Broadly, such investments tend to be bonds and are not stocks.
  2. countableuncountableA personal income that does not vary over time, often predominantly from pensions or state benefits; especially, such an income that is low, requiring frugal living.
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