It's the most simple-- or often called a bill-- a discount bond does not pay interest; it's sold at a discount.

它是最简单的,经常被称为国库券,它是一种贴现债券,且不付息,并以折扣价发行

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The U.S. Government is a big issuer of discount bonds and they're called Treasury bills.

美国政府是贴现债券的大发行商,这些被称为国库券

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We call an instrument of the U.S. Treasury with a maturity less than or equal to one year--we call that a bill and they used to be the only discount bonds issued by the U.S. Government.

我们把期限小于或等于一年的,国库券品种称为短期国库券,它们曾是美国政府,唯一发行的贴现债券

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