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# Mortgage-Backed Security

A debt issue secured by pools of mortgages. Mortgage loans made by banks and savings and loan associations are pooled together and sold to investors. Each investor purchases an undivided interest in the pool and receives interest and principal payments from the underlying mortgages. See: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO).