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certificate of deposit

noun as in government insured debt instrument

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High-yield savings accounts are more liquid than certificates of deposit, meaning you can take your money out more easily, with withdrawals usually limited to half a dozen per month.

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My goal now is not so much to grow the money substantially, but to avoid paying taxes on my investments, as I would have to do with certificates of deposit.

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With the stock market so high, I have suggested that he might want to sell the investments, take the tax hit and consolidate into short-term certificates of deposit or similar.

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It may not make sense to prepay a 3% mortgage when you can earn 5% on a certificate of deposit, for example.

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With a credit builder loan, the borrowed amount is stored in a savings account or certificate of deposit that the borrower can claim after a set number of monthly payments.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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