collateralize
verb
col·lat·er·al·ize
kə-ˈla-t(ə-)rə-ˌlīz 
collateralized; collateralizing
1
: to make (a loan) secure with collateral
2
: to use (something, such as securities) for collateral
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Hindenburg also detailed the investor’s margin loan collateralized by his stake in the company, which was not previously accounted for by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Tom Maloney, Fortune, 2 May 2023
For example, if a crypto investor chooses to not only collateralize a mortgage using cryptoassets, and therefore transfers custody to some external party, but also documents this transaction using an NFT, understanding provenance and custody are essential.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 1 May 2022
Margin loans involve lending that’s collateralized by the value of the underlying shares.
—Tom Maloney, Fortune, 2 May 2023
Binance’s decision to mint its own version of the BUSD token on other blockchains and not collateralize them properly contributed to the aggressive policing by U.S. securities regulators.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Tom Maloney, Fortune, 2 May 2023
For example, if a crypto investor chooses to not only collateralize a mortgage using cryptoassets, and therefore transfers custody to some external party, but also documents this transaction using an NFT, understanding provenance and custody are essential.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 1 May 2022
Margin loans involve lending that’s collateralized by the value of the underlying shares.
—Tom Maloney, Fortune, 2 May 2023
Binance’s decision to mint its own version of the BUSD token on other blockchains and not collateralize them properly contributed to the aggressive policing by U.S. securities regulators.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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collateralize
transitive verb
col·lat·er·al·ize
kə-ˈla-tə-rə-ˌlīz, -ˈla-trə-
collateralized; collateralizing
1
: to make (a loan) secure with collateral
2
: to use (as securities) for collateral
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