collateral
47
7.5
- noun
- /kəˈlætərəl/
- Specialized
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- The cattle that usually replace crops quickly on the now degraded soil serve as collateral for bank loans.
- collateral for a loan
- use as collateral
- pledge as collateral
It depends on cast, it depends on how much collateral was secured in advance.
- It depends on cast, it depends on how much collateral was secured in advance.
- So these guys here are collapsing because the collateral is going bad.
- Bankers make loans when there's collateral against it.
- How about we use your car as collateral and we will give you a secured credit card.
- What happens then if we want we want to claim this collateral?
- So if you if you were AAA rated, you did not have to post collateral.
- You've got to post collateral against these these forward gasoline hedges.
- You can later put your stable coin back into the same smart contract and withdraw your collateral.
- They then hedge the risks of this change in present value with derivatives, using bond assets as collateral.
- So they are borrowing at low rates from their bank based on, you know, whatever they got as collateral.
- In this example, you were giving out BTC as collateral and you're taking AUSD loan against it, right?
- And so the bank gives you money and lends it to the employees to pay you using the stock that you gave them as collateral.
- So the, the, this is just generally an agreement where kind of either one or two parties kind of put collateral kind of in.
Examples
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Now, if that happens, these homes are the collateral to the banks for all these mortgages.
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Bankers make loans when there's collateral against it.
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Now you actually have to put up some collateral for these as well.
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But together with the collateral, he sort of said, you know, it's too much.
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Do you even have any collateral?
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Is he willing to provide collateral?
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You return it to me as collateral on a loan I make to you.
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I find that the defendant's property is sufficient collateral.
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Real estate serves as high-quality collateral, making it relatively easy for firms and households to borrow against it.
Academic text (2016) -
To secure the loan, she had to provide her car as collateral.
Synonyms
88
4.6
Property given to a lender as a guarantee for a loan
4
4.9
An item given to someone to hold until you pay back a debt
Antonyms
- Specialized
12
6.8
Not protected by property the lender can take if the borrower does not pay
Compounds
40
5.6
Harm to ordinary people or buildings not meant as the main target during a military attack
- Specialized
A dishonest act that stops a person from knowing their rights or having a fair chance at trial
How Secure
- Specialized
526
5.4
- Specialized
30
9.4
- Formal
- Formal
169
3.5
- Specialized
47
7.5
- Specialized
4
4.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Collateral comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and latus 'side', the same root as lateral meaning 'side'. So in finance, collateral is something that stands at the 'side' of a loan as a promise or security if you cannot pay.