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• BOND YEARS
  
  The product of the number of bonds (1 bond equals $1,000, regardless of actual denomination) and the number of years from issuance to stated maturity. Partial years are expressed in decimals. The total amount of bond years on all maturities is used in calculating the average life of an issue and the net interest cost.
  
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