backstop
Example Sentences
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Yet despite the active season and still-substantial losses, the pricing of backstop insurance for insurers, or reinsurance, is set to drop sharply in 2026.
The Senate proposal would also extend $10 million in coverage to credit unions, which have long shared similar deposit insurance limits as banks, albeit backstopped by separate funds.
From Barron's
The Ellison family has vowed to backstop the whole $40.7 billion equity commitment, crucial to winning over the Warner board and shareholders that the deal would close.
Warner has voiced concerns privately about the quality of Paramount’s financing, including an agreement for David Ellison’s father, the billionaire Larry Ellison, to backstop the equity commitments through a trust.
European officials have for months offered Ukraine security guarantees to deter a future Russian attack but they have stressed the need to have some form of U.S. help to backstop those plans.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
