CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest

Synonyms:

CD; certificate of deposit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("certificate of deposit" is a kind of...):

certificate of indebtedness; debt instrument; obligation (a written promise to repay a debt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "certificate of deposit"):

time deposit (a certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future date)

Credits