Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Business_Finance/Financial_Industry_Business_Ontology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'fixed income security'?

A. a tradeable debt instrument created either through the process of removing coupons from a bond and then selling the separate parts as a zero coupon bond and an interest paying coupon bond or through taking the opposite position from some variant in the options market
B. tradeable debt instrument that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and typically the return of principal at maturity
C. tradeable debt instrument that provide their owners with a rate of return that is dynamic and determined by market forces
D. a debt instrument that may not be bought or sold

Answer: tradeable debt instrument that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and typically the return of principal at maturity