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Due to the lapse in appropriations, the National Institute of Corrections website may not be up to date. Help desk and technical assistance submitted via the website may not be processed or responded to until appropriations are enacted. Please visit https://nicic.gov/resources/nic-library to access our online resources.
When companies need to raise money, issuing bonds is one way to do it. A bondfunctions like a loan between an investor and a corporation. The investor agrees to give the corporation a specific amount of money for a specific period of time in exchange for periodic interest payments at designated intervals.
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