war bond
Conflict-financing certificate
A war bond is a debt security issued by a government to finance military operations during wartime.
Citizens purchase bonds as both an investment and a patriotic act, lending money to the state with the promise of repayment plus interest after the war ends.
War bonds were heavily promoted during World Wars I and II: My grandmother still has her father's war bonds.
Stored organizational funds
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- maturityFull growth achieved
- couponCertificate for reduced price
debt · interest · principal · redemption · face value · bondholder · fixed-income · government-backed
Biased information for influence
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
- ralliesGathers or recovers
- drivesMoves or compels
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
mobilization · publicity · advertising · broadcasts · slogans · canvassing · outreach · celebrity endorsements
Limiting distribution during scarcity
- homefrontCivilian sector during conflict
- Uncle SamGovernment as a man
- armamentsCollective military weapons
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
Rosie the Riveter · munitions · military funding · national debt · postwar · Great Depression · Roosevelt · Churchill
Giving up something precious
- dutyRequired moral task
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
loyalty · citizenship · service · homeland · unity · solidarity · valor · pride
treasury
Stored organizational funds
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- maturityFull growth achieved
coupon · debt · interest · principal · redemption · face value · bondholder · fixed-income · government-backed · savings
propaganda
Biased information for influence
recruitment · mobilization · publicity · advertising · broadcasts · slogans · canvassing · outreach · celebrity endorsements · minute men
rationing
Limiting distribution during scarcity
- homefrontCivilian sector during conflict
- Uncle SamGovernment as a man
- armamentsCollective military weapons
Rosie the Riveter · arsenal · munitions · military funding · national debt · postwar · Great Depression · Roosevelt · Churchill
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- dutyRequired moral task
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
freedom · loyalty · citizenship · service · homeland · unity · solidarity · valor · pride · flag
- financial instrumentspromissory notes, check, cheque, checks, bank drafts
- Pacific MarinesGuadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, Guam
- bondsdebentures, gilts, eurobonds, bondholder, bondholders
- military recordsmilitary records, service records, after action report, military rosters, military archives
- WWII Symbolsswastika, iron cross, hammer and sickle, V sign, red star
war bondstock
Goods kept for sale
equity · common stock · shares · preferred stock · speculative investment
war, bond, wars, warred, warring, warlike, warrior, warfare, wartime