The commercial term, debenture refers to a medium- to long- term debt instrument used by large MNCs to borrow money at a fixed rate of interest. This term basically means a document that eithers creates a debt at fixed rate of interest or acknowledges it. The same term is known as bond, loan stock or note in other countries. A bond is nothing but a assure that the company's liability to pay a specified amount with interest.
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