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Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.

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G-Sec

Market basics
Also called: Government security

A government security — a bond issued by the central government, carrying effectively no credit risk and the full interest-rate risk of its maturity.

In plain terms

Sovereign does not mean the price cannot fall. A long-duration gilt fund can post a real loss through a rate-hiking cycle while every borrower repays in full.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya