recognizances

noun

plural of recognizance
as in bails
law a legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished After his arraignment, the suspect was released on his own recognizance.

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  1. bonds
  2. securities
Noun
  • But that condition applies to all affectionate bonds and doesn’t, on its own, identify attachment.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
  • These brokerage accounts, available for parents to open for any child under age 18, allow kids — with their parents' help managing the accounts — to start building investment portfolios with stocks, mutual funds and bonds.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of bonds
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  • Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VYM), for example, chooses securities based on current yield, with only the highest-yielding companies selected, according to ETF Database.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs and former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick have joined the company’s board, Skydance disclosed in a securities filing.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of securities
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“Recognizances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recognizances. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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