investment-grade
adjective
FINANCEukusused todescribeafinancialproductthat haslowriskand willprobablymake aprofit:
About $1.5billionininvestment-gradecorporatebondsweresoldTuesday.
Banks make moremoneyarrangingloansfor junk-ratedcompaniesthan forfirmswithinvestment-gradecreditratings.