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government security

 
 
noun [C, usually plural] GOVERNMENT, STOCK MARKET

Definition

a government bond, or the document relating to it: China has purchased $100 billion of U.S. government securities.
(Definition of government security noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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