Other variations of the plain vanilla bonds include zero coupon bonds which does not pay out interest but interest accrues and is paid in a lump sum at maturity.

其他特殊种类债券还包括“无息债券”，它在有效期内不付利息，而是累积起来在到期时一次偿还。

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For a long time, universities invested in a plain-vanilla mix of stocks and bonds.

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If, instead, he had taken the dividends in cash, paid the taxes, and invested the rest in plain vanilla Series E U.S. Savings Bonds that were popular at the time which guaranteed a minimum annual interest of 4 percent, compounded semi-annually, tax-free the end result would have much different.

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