When a company, or a bank, wants to borrow it can do so by offering investors a number of different types of tradeable debt, or bonds.
The least risky type of debt is often secured. This means the lender, or bondholder, has first claim over certain assets say, land in the event that interest or the original capital is not repaid or the issuer goes bust. Other lenders will accept less, or perhaps no security, but will expect a higher return, or yield.
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