This section shows Bond terms, including the component terms. Please refer to additional diagrams in the "Components" section for additional diagrams of bond component terms.

Line	Term	Definition	Synonym
1	ALL Bond AND Traditional Warrant	One or more series of Bonds and a Warrant which is issued with the bond.
2	selection	The Warrant which forms part of the Issue.
3	selection	The Bond(s) which make up the issue.
4	Bank Qualified Tax Exemption	Whether or not a municipal reasonably expects to issue in the calendar year of such offering no more than $10 million par amount of bonds of the type required to be included in making such calculation under the Internal Revenue Code.
6	Bank Qualified	Whether the bond is classed as being Bank Qualified.
7	Bond Amortization Payment Terms Set	Terms for payment of partial amounts of the Principal during the life of the Debt Security.
11	Periodic Amortization Amount	The monetary amount of each amortization payment in the Amortization Schedule.
12	Principal Amortization Type	The type of principal payments applicable to this security.
13	Amortization Calculations Day ount Convention
14	Bond Bullet Principal Repayment Terms Set	Terms for payment of Principal as a single amount of payment of the full Principal.
17	Bond Call Terms Set	The terms and conditions in which a bond can be redeemed by the issuer prior to its maturity. Usually a premium is paid to the bond owner when the bond is called.
20	Call Conditions	The conditions under which a bond can be called back by the issuer.
21	Premium	A premium paid to the bond owner when the bond is called.
22	Lockout Period	The lockout period refers to the amount of time for which a callable security cannot be called and only interest coupon payments are received by the security holder. For example, with a 10-year noncall 3-year ("10nc3") debt security, the security cannot be called for the first three years.
23	Bond Coupon Interest Terms Set	Terms for payment of Interest on a Bond. These include terms for determining interest amounts, and terms for dates on which those amounts are to be paid.	Coupon Terms.
25	Special Record Date	The record date associated with an odd first interest payment date that occurs before the start of the normal accrual cycle.
26	Annual Coupon Rate	Original annual rate of interest payable to the lender as expressed as a percentage of principal as stated in the bond's offering documents.
27	Coupon Payment currency	The currency in which interest payment is to be made.
28	Bond Coupon Terms Set	A set of contractual terms defining the interest payments for a coupon of a bond.
30	specifies	The schedule for payments of bond interest.
31	Bond Issue Information	Information about the Issuance of a Bond, which is maintained throughout the life of the Security.
33	OID	Discount from par value at the time a bond or other debt instrument is issued.
34	Bond Issue Prospectus	The prospectus for the bond issue describes the terms of the issue and each of the instruments included in the bond issue.
36	describes	The Prospectus for a bond issue describes the Bond Offer Issue, including facts about the issue itself such as closing dates, and anticipated facts about the securities that will form part of that issue,
37	Bond Offer Issue	An Issue of one or more Bonds, as all or part of an Offering of these bonds to the market.
39	is issue of	The bond(s) which make up the issue.
40	described in	Has Prospectus describing the terms of the issue and each of the instruments included in the bond issue.
41	Bond Offer Issue With Warrant	A bond issue where the issue includes a Warrant attached.
44	is issue of	The instruments which make up the issue, namely one or more series of Bonds and a Warrant which is issued with the bond.
45	Bond Principal Repayment Terms Set	Terms for the repayment of the Principal on a Bond security.	Bond Repayment Terms.
48	Bond With Partial Call	A bond with a feature whereby the issue can be partially called for amounts that are at the discretion of the issuer.
50	has call terms	Feature of the bond whereby partial call is possible.
51	Bullet Bond	A bond where the principal is paid off in a single payment on the scheduled maturity date.
54	has repayment terms	Has terms for repayment of the principal. This is paid in one single payment.
55	Call Date	Date on which the instrument may be called.
57	Callable Convertible Bond	A Convertible Bond which is also callable.
59	Callable
60	Conditional Coupon Terms Set	Coupon where the coupon rate or the coupon terms may change according to some pre-defined trigger, for example when a given published interest rate passes a defined threshold.
64	has term for one coupon	The term in the conditional coupon terms which matches one set of coupon terms (fixed rate or variable coupon) with one condition. When the condition is true, that coupon will be payable.
65	Coupon Conditional Term	A term in the conditional coupon terms which matches one set of coupon terms (fixed rate or variable coupon) with one condition.
67	specifies	The bond coupon defined in this conditional term. When the condition described in this term is true, this Bond Coupon is applied to the Bond.
68	Condition	The condition under which the given coupon is payable. This is stated as text.
69	Coupon Periodic Date Series	Periodic dates on which Interest Payments are made.
71	regular period duration
72	Coupon Regular Period	The regular periodic component of a coupon schedule.
74	regular period description
75	beginning
76	series end
77	Coupon Regular Period Length	Length of a regular periodic component of a coupon schedule.
79	Regular Period Days	Number of days in coupon period in the series.
80	Coupon Schedule Specification	Formal specification of the Schedule for regular payment of Coupon Amounts.
82	scheduled coupon payment	The specified future event whereby payment of a given Coupon interest amount is to be made.
83	has stub	Irregular Coupon Period at the start and / or the end of the Coupon Schedule, which does not fall into the Periodic Date Series.
84	has periodic date series	Periodic regular Coupon payments in the Coupon Schedule.
85	Coupon Stub Period	Irregular Coupon Period at the start and / or the end of the Coupon Schedule, which does not fall into the Periodic Date Series.
87	stub length
88	stub start
89	stub end
90	Credit Curve To Use	This is a working note from ongoing reviews.
92	Debt Fixed Coupon Terms Set	Terms for payment of Interest on a Bond, where this pays a fixed rate of interest.
95	has formula term	The formula for calculation of fixed interest amounts.
96	Fixed Coupon Amount	Fixed interest payment amount due on each Interest Payment Date. This is derived from the Annual Coupon Rate.
97	Debt Variable Coupon Terms Set	Terms setting out how variable rate interest is determined and paid.
100	has formula term	The formula for calculation of variable interest amounts.
101	specifies base rate	Term identifying the variable in the marketplace which is to form the variable component of the variable interest rate. This is specialized for specific kinds of parameter.
102	Reset Date Offset Days	Number of days from the Coupon Payment Date that the Coupon Rate is reset.
103	Discount Curve To Use	This is a working note from ongoing reviews.
105	Equity Linked Bond	A bond where the bond is based on the return on an equity over time i.e. the price and dividend payments i.e. the total return (similar to total return swaps).
107	Explicit Coupon Schedule Listing	Schedule of itemised coupon payment dates.
109	specifies
110	Factor Calculation Formula	Formula for the determination of some variable factor which is then used in subsequent calculations. The result of such a formula is a parameter referred to by another formula.
112	First Regular Coupon Date	The scheduled date of the first regular coupon payment, that is the start of payments according to a regular repeating series of coupon periods, after any non standard (long or short) first coupon period in the schedule.
114	Fixed Coupon Bond	A bond which pays a fixed rate of interest at regular intervals.
117	has coupon	The fixed coupon payable with the bond.
118	Fixed Interest Amount	The Fixed Interest amount which is the parameter of the Expression. This is the only parameter in this expression.
120	Fixed Interest Calculation Formula	Formula for Fixed Interest.
122	expression	How the Formula is expressed i.e. the Right Hand Side of the Formula.
123	Fixed Interest Expression	Expression of the value of a fixed interest amount.
125	has parameter	The parameter of the Expression which is the Fixed Interest amount. This is the only parameter in this expression.
126	Interest Amount	The percentage fixed amount of the Interest.
127	FRN Terms Set	Terms setting out the interest payments determination and dates for Flating Rate Note interest.
131	specifies base rate	The Interest Rate which is to be used as the Base in the Interest Calculation Formula.
132	Base offset business days	Number of days before the coupon refix date, when the value of the underlying base is to be taken from. Also known as Lookback.
133	Index Amortizing Bond	An amortizing security where the principal repayments are tied to some index or on a calculation over the life (period) of the bond.
136	has principal repayment terms	Has terms for payment of the principal. These link the principal amounts to some underlying index or interest rate.
137	Index Linked Coupon Terms Set	Terms setting out the interest payments determination and dates for Index Linked Security interest.
141	specifies base rate	The Interest Rate which is to be used as the Base in the Interest Calculation Formula
142	Index Linked Principal Determination Terms Set	Terms for payment of the principal. These link the principal amounts to some underlying index or interest rate.
144	specifies index parameter	The underlying parameter which is used in the calculation of the principal repayment amount. This may be any market referential parameter, i.e. any interest rate or economic rate which is published in the marketplace.
145	has formula term	The term for calculation of the principal repayment. This takes the form of a formula.
146	Inflation Bond	A bond where the principal amount is linked to an index.
148	has interest payment terms	Terms setting out how interest is to be paid on the Inflation Bond.
149	has principal based on	The inflation index used to determine the Principal Amount, via the principal amount determination terms.
150	has principal repayment terms	Terms setting out how principal is to be repaid on the Inflation Bond. These terms specifically define a variable payment based on the Factor in this instance.
151	has factor	The factor is a numeric measure calculated from the Inflation Rate, used to determine the principal paydown amounts, interest amounts or both.
152	has principal repayment terms	Terms setting out how principal is determined on the Inflation Bond.
153	Inflation Bond Interest Payment Terms Set	Terms for the payment of interest on an Inflation Bond.
155	specifies coupon	A variable coupon to be paid on the Inflation Bond, if this is specified in the Interest Payment Terms.
156	Pays Variable Coupon	Whether the interest payable on the Inflation Bond is variable with reference to the Factor. If Yes, then the terms include an Inflation Bond Variable Coupon. If No, then the terms may be any coupon or set of coupons, by inheritance of this fact from the parent class of Bond Coupon Terms Set.
157	Inflation Bond Principal Repayment Terms Set	Terms specifying how the principal amount on an Inflation Bond is to be paid down.
159	refers to	The factor, calculated from the Inflation Rate, optionally used to determine the principal paydown amounts.
160	sets out formula	The formula by which the inflation factor is determined for the bond. This is part of the formula terms.
161	Pegged To Inflation Rate	Whether the principal repayment is made with reference to the inflation rate via the Inflation Rate Factor calculated for the bond.
162	Inflation Bond Variable Coupon Terms Set	The terms for payment of the coupon on an Inflation Bond in the event that that bond specifies variable coupon payments linked to the Factor.
166	refers to	The factor, calculated from the Inflation Rate, from which the interest payments on the Inflation Bond are to be based.
167	Inflation Factor Expression	How the Formula is expressed i.e. the Right Hand Side of the Formula.
169	underlying parameter	The underlying which forms one of the parameters of the inflation factor formula.
170	Inflation Factor Formula	The formula by which the inflation factor is determined for the bond. This is part of the formula terms.
172	has subject	The subject of the formula.
173	expression	The expression that makes up the inflation factor formula.
174	Inflation Factor Subject	The Left Hand Side of the Formula, giving what is being expressed in terms of the Right Hand Side. This is the Inflation Bond Factor.
176	identity	The inflation bond factor; this forms the subject of the inflation factor formula, i.e. this is what that formula is about.
177	Inflation Factor Underlying	The argument of the Inflation Factor calculation formula, which is the inflation factor itself.
179	operand is	The identity of the parameter which is the operand, which in this case is an inflation rate.
180	Interest Reference Rate OR Tradable Debt Instrument	Either an interest rate such as LIBOR or the interest on a Treasury Bill.
181	is instrument rate	The parameter is a debt instrument. This would typically be a Treasury Bill interest rate, but could in principal be any traded (and therefore quotable) debt security's rate of interest.
182	is reference rate	The parameter is a reference rate of interest
183	Last Regular Coupon Date	The scheduled date of the last regular coupon payment, that is the last of the payments that are made according to a regular repeating series of coupon periods, before any non standard (long or short) last coupon period in the schedule.
185	Mandatory Sinking Fund Schedule Listing	A full schedule of dates and payments for a Mandatory Sinking Fund style of Call.
187	schedules mandatory event	Call Event which must occur on the scheduled date.
188	Mandatory Sinking Fund Terms	Terms relating to a Mandatory Sinking Fund call of the issue.
190	includes	Schedule for the payments of the Sinking Funds amounts. REVIEW
191	Mandatory Sinking Fund	Yes indicates there is a Mandatory Sinking fund feature.
192	Super Sinker	A colloquial term for a term maturity, usually from a single family mortgage revenue issue with several term maturities, that will be the first to be called from a sinking fund into which all proceeds from prepayments of mortgages financed by the issue are deposited. The maturity's priority status under the call provisions means that it is likely to be redeemed in its entirety well before the stated maturity date.
193	MTN Issue	The issue of a set of Medium Term Notes. This consists of a number of MTNs to be issued at some time in the future with the terms registered in a pre-existing Program.
196	is issue of	The Medium Term Notes issued as part of the MTN program. The precise matiruty dates of those securities are defined at the time of the issue while the remaining terms are already defined in the program ahead of issue.
197	Municipal Bond Issue Information	Information about the Issuance of a Municipal Bond, which is maintained throughout the life of the Security.
199	Bank Qualified	Designation given to a public purpose bond offering by the issuer if it reasonably expects to issue in the calendar year of such offering no more than $10 million par amount of bonds of the type required to be included in making such calculation under the Internal Revenue Code. When purchased by a commercial bank for its portfolio, the bank may receive an 80% tax deduction for the interest cost of carry for the issue. A bond that is bank qualified is also known as a qualified tax-exempt obligation.
200	Debt Issuance Purpose	Purpose of the Issue of a Municipal Debt Security.
201	ONE OF Coupon Schedule Specification OR Explicit Coupon Schedule Listing	The expression of the Coupon Schedule takes the form either of an explicit schedule of coupon dates or as a specification for when those dates should fall.
202	selection	Schedule is expressed as an explicit list of dates.
203	selection	Schedule is expressed as a schedule specification.
204	Partial Call Feature	These are terms whereby the issuer can recall part of the issue on scheduled dates but there is no specific amount defined for those dates. Consenus:Yes
206	Principal Payment Calculation Formula	A formula for calculation of principal payments.
208	has expression	The expression for the principal repayment formula.
209	Principal Payment Formula Expression	The expression of the formula by which the payment of principal is formally described.
211	Redemption Schedule Listing	Schedule for payments of defined amounts of the Principal on a Debt Security.
213	schedules	The specified future event whereby payment of a given Redemption amount is to be made.
214	Single Coupon Terms Set	A set of coupon terms which remain the same through the life of the Bond. This is the default and is the case when there is not a Step Coupon or Conditional Coupon.
218	specifies	The coupon specified in the coupon terms.
219	Sinking Fund Amortization Terms Set	Terms for the paydown of principal in a sinking fund type of amortizing security.
221	includes	The schedule for payment of scheduled amounts of principal on pre-defined dates.
222	Mandatory	Whether the SF is mandatory or conditional on some event (No means conditional)
223	Sinking Fund Bond	Bonds where the amortizing is via a known and published schedule.
226	has principal amortizaton terms	Terms for the Amortization of the Principal on sinking fund.
227	Step Schedule Listing	A schedule of dates and interest rates which take effect on those dates. At present these are assumed to always be ficxed interest rates, and are modeled as such.
229	schedules
230	Stepped Coupon Terms Set	A coupon (interest payment) which rises to different fixed values at scheduled intervals.
234	has schedule	The schedule of dates and interest amounts applicable from those dates, forming part of the terms of the Stepped Coupon.
235	Stub End Date	The calendar date when the coupon stub period is scheduled to end.
237	Stub Length	The length of the Stub Period as a temporal duration (a number of days).
239	Stub Days	Length in days of the irregular Stub period.
240	Stub Period	The Stub Period as a temporal duration.
242	has length
243	Stub Start Date	The calendar date when the coupon stub period is scheduled to start.
245	Variable Interest Calculation Formula	Formula for the calculation of variable interest.
247	Variable Principal Bond	A bond where the actual principal amount may vary, other than through paydown of the principal as amortization.
249	sets out terms for
250	Zero Coupon and OID Bond Call Terms	Terms defining the Call options for a Zero Coupon or OID Bond.
252	includes basis for each date	The details set out for each date in the Call Schedule.
253	Zero Coupon Terms Set	Terms for payment of Interest on a Bond, where this pays a zero rate of interest.
255	Fixed Coupon Amount	Has no coupon term associated to it.
256	Coupon Frequency For Accrual alculations	The frequency to be used in the calculation of accruals. Supersedes the Coupon Payment Frequency.
257	Amortizing Security	An amortizing security is one where the principal is paid off during the life of the bond by the issuer. Often this may be based on an index.
260	has principal amortization terms	Terms for the Amortization of the Principal on an Amortizing Security; the amortizing security terms and conditions.
261	Notional	The amortizing security pays interest only and no principal over its life.
262	Bond	In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest (the coupon) and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed maturity. It is a formal contract to repay borrowed money with interest at fixed intervals.
264	has listing	A listing of the bond on an exchange or multilateral trading facility.
265	has coupon terms	Mechanism whereby an investor receives income from interest payments, which are usually made periodically.
266	has price
267	has issuance information	Issuance information specific to the Bond.
268	has principal repayment terms	Repayment terms for the Principal on a Bond.
269	has call terms	Call terms for bond by the issuer.
270	Callable	Whether the issuer has the right to pay the security prior to maturity.
271	Capitalized Interest	Whether the interest amount is capitalised until maturity date or paid out at each interest payment date.
272	Convertible	The bond has a conversion feature enabling it to be converted into another instrument on maturity.
273	Bond with Warrant	A bond issue where the issue includes a Warrant attached. This need not be any specific type of bond.
275	Convertible Bond	A Bond instrument which on maturity converts into an Equity instrument.
277	has conversion terms	Terms for the conversion of the Convertible Bond into an Equity instrument. These cover how, when and to what the Bond can be converted.
278	convertible into	The related Equity instrument into which the Bond can be converted.
279	Convertible	Bond is Convertible
280	Corporate Bond	A debt security issued by a corporation, as opposed to those issued by a government or municipality.
284	issuer	The issuer of the Corporate Bond, which is a Corporation or other commercial legal entity (company).
285	Corporate Bond Issuer	A Company or Corporation, acting in the capacity of an Issuer.
287	identified as	The identity of the Corporation which acts as an Issuer.
288	Floating Rate Note	A bond with a variable interest rate based on a published bank interest rate. The adjustments to the interest rate (coupon) are made periodically, usually on a quarterly or monthly basis, and are tied to a certain money-market index. Also known as a "floater".
290	has coupon	An investor receives income from coupon payments, which are usually made periodically. These are of a variable amount specified by some formula. The underlying parameter used in the formula is an interest rate such as the LIBOR interbank rate or a bank base rate.
291	Government Bond	A government debt obligation (local or national) backed by the credit and taxing power of a country with very little risk of default.
295	issuer	The issuer of the Government Bond, which is a government.
296	Index Linked Security	A bond in which payment of income on the principal is related to a specific price index, such as the Consumer Price Index.
298	is based on
299	Medium Term Note	A Medium Term Note is a Negotiable debt instrument offered under a program agreement through one or more dealers upon request of the Issuer. The Program defines the terms and conditions of the notes. An MTN issue is defined by the fact that the registration doesn't have a pre-defined maturity.
301	Municipal Bond	A bond issued by a Municipality.
305	issuer	The issuer of the Municipal Bond, which is a Municipality.
306	bank qualified status	Whether or not a municipal reasonably expects to issue in the calendar year of such offering no more than $10 million par amount of bonds of the type required to be included in making such calculation under the Internal Revenue Code.
307	has issuance information	Issuance Information specific to the Municipal Bond.
308	Simple fact	Whether legal opinion exists for municipal securities.
309	Variable Coupon Bond	Any bond with a variable interest rate.
312	has coupon	An investor receives income from coupon payments, which are usually made periodically. These are of a variable amount specified by some formula. The underlying parameter used in the formula can be any variable.
313	Zero Coupon Bond	A debt security that doesn't pay interest (a coupon) but is traded at a deep discount, rendering profit at maturity when the bond is redeemed for its full face value.
315	has zero coupon terms	Coupon Terms for a Zero Coupon Bond. These are that there is no Coupon.
316	has zero coupon call terms	Call terms that are applicable to the Zero Coupon Bond.
317	FHLMC :Government Mortgage Agency	Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Government-chartered corporation which buys qualified mortgage loans from the financial institutions that originate them, securitizes the loans, and distributes the securities through the dealer community. The securities are not backed by the U.S. Government. The market value of these securities prior to maturity is not guaranteed and will fluctuate. From http://www.investorwords.com/1927/FHLMC.html
319	FNMA :Government Mortgage Agency	Federal National Mortgage Association. A congressionally chartered corporation which buys mortgages on the secondary market, pools them and sells them as mortgage-backed securities to investors on the open market. Monthly principal and interest payments are guaranteed by FNMA but not by the U.S. Government. also called Fannie Mae. from http://www.investorwords.com/2031/FNMA.html
321	GNMA :Government Mortgage Agency	A government-owned agency which buys mortgages from lending institutions, securitizes them, and then sells them to investors. Because the payments to investors are guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, they return slightly less interest than other mortgage-backed securities. From http://www.investorwords.com/2184/GNMA.html

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