How to Use lien in a Sentence

lien

noun

• Because the loan is backed by the lien on your car, the risk for the lender is low.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2023
• The down payment loan comes in the form of a second lien loan.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• The bidder may bid in excess of the tax due to secure the lien.
  — al, 14 Apr. 2021
• The state has filed a lien against Vysk for half of the claims, which total almost $8,100.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 23 June 2018
• Under law, once an item is sold, it is sold free of a lender’s lien.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2020
• Keach said the lien is not likely to disrupt the city purchase.
  — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• For the sale to go through the buyer and seller must agree to pay off the fraudulent lien.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• At the end of the day, what the creditor ends up with is a lien on that interest.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• Rogers-O’Brien wants the court’s OK to proceed with a foreclosure of its lien.
  — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 4 June 2020
• Investors buy the liens, fail to collect on the debt, give up, and the property winds up back in the tax sale.
  — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Their attorneys have since bowed out and filed liens against the heirs' claims with the estate.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2019
• Once a mobile-home tax lien is purchased, the buyer owns the home and can evict the tenants.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 12 July 2019
• The city would pay for the demolition, and the cost would then be placed as a lien against the mortgage holder.
  — Amanda Marrazzo, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Matt Keyes, a spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party, made hay out of the tax lien in a statement.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2021
• The city then bills the owners for the cost, and attaches a tax lien if necessary.
  — Don Stacom, courant.com, 22 July 2021
• Woodward and Liam are some of the many who face eviction because of a lien system that is still in flux.
  — Ben Brasch, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Selling a car with a lien on it requires some extra steps.
  — Ashley Donohoe, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2023
• The bank will either possess the title or be listed as the lien holder.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 19 July 2023
• In January, the contractors filed liens against the project.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Nous sommes mobilisés sur place en lien étroit avec le @dioceseParis.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 15 Apr. 2019
• The chain closed stores in March, a year after IRS liens of $5 million were filed against the parent company.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 15 May 2018
• But the property owner does have the lien on the land for the cost of the demolition and debris removal.
  — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 24 May 2018
• Oaktree is a big investor in Claire’s second-lien debt.
  — Becky Yerak, WSJ, 9 July 2018
• There were lawsuits, judgments and liens galore on the eight-bedroom place.
  — Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 8 May 2018
• There was a lien put on the project 20 some odd years ago when Kushner-Locke had it under option.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
• Failure to get the lien holder changed can result in fees or an interest rate hike from the new lender.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 19 July 2023
• The city plans broad outreach, but those who don’t comply would face citations, fines and liens.
  — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• The county has no record of release from the lien, an indication the money may still be owed.
  — Nick Ibarra, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2019
• By law, the assessor must annually enroll either a property’s Prop. 13 value or its current market value on the lien date (January 1), whichever is less.
  — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
• In addition, those judgments can carry 8% interest rates and can automatically act as liens against patients’ homes.
  — Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024