U.S. Treasury securities. Definition: Interest-bearing obligations if the U.S. government issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a means of borrowing money to meet government expenditures not covered by tax revenues. There are three types of marketable Treasury securities-bills, notes and bonds.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Rigorous(adj) manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
forÂ·malÂ·ism. n. 1. Rigorous or excessive adherence to recognized forms, as in religion or art. 2. An instance of rigorous or excessive adherence to recognized forms. 3. A method of aesthetic analysis that emphasizes structural elements and artistic techniques rather than content, especially in literary works. forâ²malÂ·ist adj. & n. forâ²malÂ·isâ²tic adj.