This week’s theme
First words

This week’s words
paternoster
mittimus
gaudeamus
debenture
magnificat

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(di-BEN-chuhr)

MEANING:

noun: A certificate acknowledging a debt.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin debentur (they are due/owing), the first word in early certificates of indebtedness. From Latin debere (to owe), ultimately from the Indo-European root ghabh- (to give or to receive), which is also the source of give, gift, able, habit, prohibit, due, duty, adhibit, and habile. Earliest documented use: 1455.

USAGE:

“‘My dear Violet,’ Allen said, leaning over to be heard, ‘you must recall that Foster’s idea of fun is curling up with a debenture agreement that includes an especially ingenious reordering of priorities in bankruptcy.’”
David O. Stewart; The Wilson Deception; Kensington Books; 2015.

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