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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /




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I can’t count myself in their company, knowing that the collateral damage would likely be massive.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Two things will tell you whether this hardware can become collateral.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

“This weapon might help minimize corruption but with collateral damage,” John F. Hulpke, a professor at University College Dublin, wrote in the Journal of Management Inquiry in 2017.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Walter Bagehot, the 19th-century editor of the Economist magazine, summed up the role of the central bank as being to lend to banks freely, against good collateral, at a penalty rate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

If Cornwall Capital made a bet with Deutsche Bank and it wound up “in the money,” Deutsche Bank was not required to post collateral.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"We hold collaterals, which will help us realize value even if Evergrande is liquidated," said a Class C creditor, who expected a better recovery rate for his debt than the bondholders.

From Reuters Oct. 31, 2023

Fortunately, our bodies are well protected against this kind of loss and can quickly grow new vessels, called collaterals, that carry blood around the bypass to the starving tissues beyond.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2016

For the most part, the parents, grandparents, and collaterals are persons strongly preoccupied with abstractions of a scientific, literary, or artistic nature, and limited in genuine interest in people.”

From Slate May 1, 2013

The audience’s own knee ligaments screamed in sympathy — medial collaterals fraying like hemp rope.

From Washington Post Aug. 5, 2012

The government for sufficient cause will, on petition of a party, grant a dispensation permitting marriage between collaterals by legitimate consanguinity within the fourth degree.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose




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