My full name is Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. My name refers to a specific set of guidelines that have been established to help publicly-traded companies create their financial statements. Publicly-traded companies are companies that have made stock in their organization available for sale to the public.
Bond Rating. Rating agencies grade bonds on a letter scale that indicates credit worthiness and risk. In simplest terms, the lower the letter scale, the lower the quality and the higher risk potential: AAA or triple A rating â indicates the highest-quality bonds that offer the highest protection for principal and interest payments; A or single A rating â indicates good to medium-grade bonds; BBB or triple B rating â indicates medium-grade quality bonds, with adequate protection; Below triple B is considered speculative, high-risk securities and the category is referred to as junk bonds.
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of Pb): hard lead (unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains). antimonial lead; hard lead (a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony). pig lead (lead that is cast in pigs). PB (noun). The noun PB has 1 sense: 1. a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey. Familiarity information: PB used as a noun is very rare.