| 1. | Gilt - edged securities ; gilt - edged credentials
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| 2. | British ) of a gilt - edged security ; having more than 15 years to run before redemption
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| 3. | A safe investment is blue chips or , better still , gilt - edged securities
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| 4. | British ) of a gilt - edged security ; having less than 5 years to run before redemption
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| 5. | Gilts ( short for gilt - edged securities ) are not shares but stock issued by the government and therefore reckoned to be safest of all
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