gilt-edged investments are the safest available, usually in government bonds:
• The safest place to put your money is with the government. Over hundreds of years, it has never defaulted on gilt-edged bonds.
• the rating agency's gilt-edged triple-A bond rating
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A term used to describe securities that carry little risk. Government bonds in both the UK and South Africa are known as gilts. The name comes from original UK government bond certificates which had gilded edges.
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gilt-edged UK US adjective FINANCE
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Gilt-edged bonds
Financial and business terms. 2012.