A adhesive stamp attached to stocks, bonds, and other financial documents representing a small tax paid to either a country or state. In some cases, revenue stamps were attached to the stub instead of the actual certificate. Second mortgage bonds . An additional loan on company property, already covered by a first mortgage. Second mortgages are junior to first mortgages, meaning first mortgages must must be redeemed before second mortgages.
Second mortgages are risker and commonly carry higher interest rates than first mortgages.
Serial equipment trust. Trusts that became due and payable over a period of years, instead of all at once like ordinary bonds. Equal portion of rights and interest in a company. Sink a loan. To pay off a loan.