as in deposit
something that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back a loan
They put up their house as collateral for the loan.
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Recent Examples of collateral
Donal Griffin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Both funds hold Treasury bonds as collateral against their derivatives positions.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The fund targets smaller loans, ranging from $100,000 to $5 million, with typical loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of 25% to 65% to ensure robust collateral coverage.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noun
With that company’s collapse into bankruptcy in November wiping out equity holders, the value of the remaining collateral for this debt has now dwindled to only about $2 million, the filing shows.
—Donal Griffin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Both funds hold Treasury bonds as collateral against their derivatives positions.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
There are more than 45,000 collateral consequences tied to having a record, creating a ripple effect that traps people in cycles of poverty and exclusion.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The fund targets smaller loans, ranging from $100,000 to $5 million, with typical loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of 25% to 65% to ensure robust collateral coverage.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral
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Dividends get cash into the hands of households, and the attractive yields will draw investors back into the stock market — especially those looking for alternatives to low-yielding bank deposits, said Rayliant Global Advisors’s Hsu.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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There are also apps available to track your deposits on your electronic devices.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Waldock said the helicopter pilots, with their night vision goggles interfering with their peripheral vision, may have wrongly focused on a plane that took off just before the collision.—
Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The worms migrate through the blood or along peripheral nerves to get to the central nervous system.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In a related matter, Trump dismissed Colleen Shogan as the archivist of the United States, White House aide Sergio Gor posted on X Friday night.—
Darlene Superville,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Cameron captioned an Instagram carousel, adding a series of related emojis, such as a CD and headphones.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Less than a month into his second term, Trump booted a portion of the Kennedy Center's board of trustees (prompting additional members to resign) and installed himself as the new chair.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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That storeroom has seen at least two additional leaks since.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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The City Council’s Finance Committee last week recommended approval of bonds to help finance the conversion of the Humboldt Park United Methodist Church and its 12 associated residential units into a 22-unit housing development.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Manchester City may not have done too much winning on the pitch this season, but their victory over the Premier League in relation to the associated party transactions (APT) rules is a significant one.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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But the ballplayer stuff, that was just icing on the cake.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Then, two days later, the stuff about him having a restraining order came out.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Unleashing American Energy paused the supplemental funding from the IIJA, meaning that the families who received the grant in January now must pay for it with their next electric bill.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lynch revealed last year that he’d been diagnosed with emphysema and needed to rely on supplemental oxygen after having been a smoker since the age of 8.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Then there was family lore accompanied by contemporaneous sources that proved documentable.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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Queen eventually was fully truthful about his recollection of that Jan. 26, 2023, meeting and admitted to fabricating contemporaneous notes about that meeting.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2024
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“Collateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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