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gilt-edged

or gilt-edge

[ gilt-ejd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having the edge or edges gilded:
gilt-edged paper.
of the highest or best quality, kind, etc.
Finance.
1. (of securities and bonds) of the highest rating or quality; secure.
2. (of bonds) government backed or guaranteed.

gilt-edged

stock exchange denoting government securities on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
of the highest quality
the last track on the album is a gilt-edged classic
(of books, papers, etc) having gilded edges

First recorded in 1810–20

The thick coffee, in two small gilt-edged cups and with that bitter bite of near-burnt Arabic chicory, has gone cold.

I watched one man loading a groaning cart with gilt edged paper goblets and plates, clearly preparing for a fête.

Marcus and Farringdon's pure badger, two shillings—gilt-edged badger half-a-crown.

Never use the gilt edged, or fancy bordered paper; it looks vulgar, and is in bad taste.

Is for a couple of copies of my medallion, as gilt-edged and high-toned as it is possible to make them.

He picked up a pen and slowly mended it, pulled out a sheet of Susannah's gilt-edged paper, and paused.

Your own funds I have kept invested conservatively in gilt-edged securities wholly removed from speculative influences.

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