gilt

(noun)

A thin layer of gold or other metal; gilding.

Related Terms

Examples of gilt in the following topics:

  • Yield to Maturity

    • The Yield to maturity (YTM) or redemption yield of a bond or other fixed-interest security, such as gilts, is the internal rate of return (IRR, overall interest rate) earned by an investor who buys the bond today at the market price, assuming that the bond will be held until maturity, and that all coupon and principal payments will be made on schedule .

  • Coupon Interest Rate

    • The United Kingdom was the first sovereign issuer to issue inflation linked Gilts in the 1980s.

  • Fiscal Policy and Policy Making

    • Borrowing: A fiscal deficit is often funded by issuing bonds, like treasury bills or consols and gilt-edged securities.

  • The Opus Anglicanum

    • The stye of the work of this era involved combining silk and gold or silver-gilt threads worked on linen, and later velvet.

  • Three Kingdoms Period

    • The tomb of King Muryeong also held a number of artifacts preserved from the Baekje era, including flame-like gold pins, gilt-bronze shoes, gold girdles (a symbol of royalty), and swords with gold hilts decorated with dragons and phoenixes.

  • Gothic Sculpture

    • There are 74 high relief figures in silver gilt in all, not counting smaller additional figures in the background decoration.

  • Romanesque Painting and Stained Glass

    • These iconographic images compared directly with examples from the gilt covers or the illuminations of Gospel Books of the period.

  • Renaissance Sculpture in Florence

    • They are surrounded by a richly decorated gilt framework of fruit and foliage, statuettes of prophets, and busts of the sculptor and his father.

  • Romanesque Sculpture

    • This treatment was adapted to stone carving and is seen particularly in the tympanum above the portal, where the imagery of Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the Four Evangelists is drawn directly from the gilt covers of medieval Gospel Books.

  • Architecture and Art in the Unified Silla Period

    • It is home to seven national treasures of South Korea, including the Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo (Blue Cloud Bridge), and two gilt-bronze statues of Buddha.