savings certificate definition

savings certificate

Receipt issued by a savings institution (bank, building society, credit union, etc.) to certify the ownership of a fixed or time deposit. Among other items of information, it shows the account holder's name, applicable interest rate or scheme, amount deposited, and maturity date.

savings certificate is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance and Investing subjects.

savings certificate appears in the definition of the following term: national debt

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