collateral
Example Sentences
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The structure lets retail investors trade with leverage that can reach 100 times their posted collateral at some crypto exchanges, with simple directional bets uncomplicated by mechanics like options volatility or decay.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Chemotherapy attempts to control the disease through widespread cell destruction, causing significant collateral damage to healthy tissues that lead to side effects.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
While higher energy prices could pressure retail and small and medium-sized enterprise borrowers, sizeable pre-emptive provisions and strong collateral backing should provide adequate asset-quality buffers, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But the collateral damage of this era of narrowed learning is far harder to measure and will be recognized, if at all, only years into the future.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Vocabulary lists containing collateral
Fast Food Nation
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