There is a clear difference between owning shares and bonds

When you have ‘shares’ in a company, you own a part of the company

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If you have ‘bonds’ in a company, then you are lending the company money

And a Government bond (or bill 💵) is an issue of debt with a promise to pay back.

A promise.

A dollar “bill” 💵 a zero duration, zero interest loan to the government.