Bonds are debt owed by a government or a company.The holder of a bond is paid interest until the date when the bond matures.Then the amount of the bond, its face value, is paid back.

• 债券是政府和公司所欠的债务，债券的持有者在债券到期后可获得利息，然后债券的金额，即面值，也就收回了。