consols

consols
/kon"solz, keuhn solz"/, n.pl. Sometimes, consol.
the funded government securities of Great Britain that originated in the consolidation in 1751 of various public securities, chiefly in the form of annuities, into a single debt issue without maturity.
Also called bank annuities.
[short for consolidated annuities]

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(of the English Government)


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