Vocabulary : Debauchment to Debile

Debauchment : The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
Debauchness : Debauchedness.
Debeige : A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods.
Debel : To conquer.
Debellate : To subdue; to conquer in war.

Debellation : The act of conquering or subduing.
Debenture : A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due. ;; A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. ;; Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called debenture bonds) are generally, through not necessarily, under seal, and are usually secured by a mortgage or other charge upon property; they may be registered or unregistered. A debenture secured by a mortgage on specific property is called a mortgage debenture; one secured by a floating charge (which see), a floating debenture; one not secured by any charge a naked debenture. In general the term debenture in British usage designates any security issued by companies other than their shares, including, therefore, what are in the United States commonly called bonds. When used in the United States debenture generally designates an instrume
Debenture stock : The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt secured by a trust deed of property for the benefit of the holders of shares in the debt or of a series of debentures. By the terms of much debenture stock the holders are not entitled to demand payment until the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the case of railway debentures, they cannot demand payment of the principal, and the debtor company cannot redeem the stock, except by authority of an act of Parliament.
Debentured : Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.
Debile : Weak.

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