debtlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From debt + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling debt.
Before the crisis, perhaps 70 percent of demand came from practitioners of convertible arbitrage, who aimed to profit from the interplay of the debtlike and equitylike characteristics of the securities.
2009 April 7, “A Window Opens for Stock Issues”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more debtlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most debtlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |