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What does gilt-edged mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gilt-edged? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of pages of a book etc) Having gilded edges.
  2. (of securities) Issued by the Bank of England.
  3. Of the highest quality.
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Even the largest gilt-edged issues were only a quarter of this size.
Every investment, be it the bluest chip or the most gilt-edged government bond, carries some element of risk.
Embroidery lay abandoned on a round table along with a book, three gilt-edged porcelain cups still containing tea, and a teapot.
The letters, often with the envelope, were carefully mounted on 12 gilt-edged leaves.
But there is another outcome that some in the market cannot discount, and which has caused the recent flurry of interest in inflation-linked gilt-edged stock.
In the fine tradition of royal memorabilia, the early designs are gilt-edged, curlicued and expected to generate millions of pounds.

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