collateral

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Banks might also get the right to decide whether a loan can be used as collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The real cause for the explosion in torn ulnar collateral ligaments is now believed to be high velocities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

That would split the stadium from the club, and as Old Trafford is used as collateral for the current long-standing debt, how that would work is not clear either.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The clearinghouses hold the collateral on each side of a contract, transferring risk from trading parties to the clearinghouse itself.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The general rule was that the direct appeal had to be completed before a postconviction collateral appeal under Rule 32 could be initiated.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson