Derek Moran
SECURITIES:
1. Stock CERTIFICATES, Bonds, or other EVIDENCE of a scured indebtedness or of a RIGHT CREATED in the HOLDER to participate in the profits or assets distribution of a profit-making enterprise. 2. written ASSURANCES for the return OR payment of money. 3. INSTRUMENTS giving to their legal holders RIGHT to money or OTHER property.
Barron's Dictionary of Business Terms 4th-edition