gilt-edged
4.A safe investment is blue chips or, better still, gilt-edged securities.
5.British) of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption.
6.British) of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption.
7.Gilts (short for gilt-edged securities) are not shares but stock issued by the government and therefore reckoned to be safest of all.

