collateral
Example Sentences
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But they did not want their children to become collateral damage in the labor fight.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
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 bank will lend against a special entity holding loans as collateral, and it will lend out only a portion of the underlying collateral’s value, for example.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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
“Because everyone and everything just goes back to normal, even though it obviously wasn’t normal. We knew the collateral for the CDOs had collapsed. And yet everything went on, as if nothing had changed.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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