gilt-edgeadj.n.
/ˈɡɪltɛdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɡɪltˌɛdʒ/ A. adj.
1. Having a gilded edge or edges; = gilt-edged adj. 1.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > other types of paper
sinking1575
whitey-brown1786
metallic1799
gilt-edge1807
legal1815
tindery1886
squared1887
Silurian1892
stamped1907
1807 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 12 Jan. (advt.) A complete set of blue and white gilt edge china.
1818 J. Keats Let. 21 Sept. (1931) I. 236 A dissertation on letter writing... Gilt edge [paper] Dandies in general, male female and literary.
1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 261/1 On the piazza..sat Miss Euphemia..writing..in a gilt-edge note book.
1932 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 5 208 The flexible binding, thin gilt-edge paper, and attractive print are all that can be asked in a book which must stand frequent and long usage.
1962 Brownwood (Texas) Bull. 16 Aug. 3/8 Please tell your readers not to use a dustcloth when dusting gilt-edge books. Rubbing with a cloth removes the gilt from the edge of the leaves.
2002 New Castle (Pa.) News 19 Apr. 4/2 Neither one of these books..is impressively bound in leather and neither has gilt-edge pages.
2. Stock Market. Designating stocks or securities, often fixed-interest government stocks, that are regarded as extremely safe or reliable (although typically low-yielding); of or relating to such investments; = gilt-edged adj. 2.So-called after the gold edge on the earliest bond certificates.Cf. blue chip n. 2.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities
unissued1703
preferable1837
ordinary1866
pre-preference1867
gilt-edge1880
gilt-edged1881
unlisted1882
voting1883
assented1907
voteless1908
senior1914
well-traded1936
medium-dated1943
off-board1943
go-go1966
unquoted1969
alpha1984
gamma1986
1880 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 30 July There is a very serious question of the..wisdom..of wiping out many millions of gilt-edge state securities [in favour of private monopolies].
1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 519/2 Gilt-edge investments..[is] a phrase introduced in the last quarter of the 19th century..for investments in which no risks are incurred.
1920 Fur Trade Rev. Feb. 169/1 What is a gilt-edge sure-thing investment? That's easy! There are several as low or as high in price as you care to go.
1964 J. Viner in R. Lekachman Keynes’ Gen. Theory ii. 241 There are..large numbers of investors who have been taught to buy gilt-edge securities on the basis of their yield to maturity and to disregard the fluctuations in their day-to-day market values.
2002 Daily Tel. 25 June 23/1 The role of the government broker..was to raise new money and maintain an orderly market in gilt-edge stocks.
B. n.
A gilt-edged security; = gilt n.2 4. Usually in plural. Cf. gilt-edged n.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of
redeemables1720
government bond1737
corporate bond1810
trustee security1859
international1863
foreigners1883
most active list1885
gilt-edge1900
actual1908
heavies1922
toxic waste1922
gilt-edged1930
prior charge1930
short1932
gilt1936
performer1939
tap1948
energy security1960
fallen angel1963
medium1968
physicals1974
underperformer1975
taplet1982
1900 Financial Times 19 Nov. 5/3 (heading) The glamour of the ‘gilt edge’.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 7/1 The Demand for Gilt-Edges.
1946 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 54 344/2 Investors or their trustees..prefer the ‘blue chips’ and ‘gilt edges’ of the great semi-monopolies, or turn to government bonds, or leave their funds idle.
1978 Times 20 Mar. 24/2 Gilt-edges are not expected to be on an upswing.
2006 H. Narayanan Indian Insurance v. 251 Fears have cropped up in the minds of the fund managers about the viability of the schemes if a major chunk of the funds is required to be invested in low-yielding Gilt edges.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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