collateral

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But there is also the hard-to-quantify risk that what might appear to be sound collateral has been double-pledged across lenders.

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

They track trades and provide a defined set of rules, such as what kind of collateral contract holders need to put up and how frequently portfolios needed to be marked to market.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The CDO manager’s job was to select the Wall Street firm to supply him with subprime bonds that served as the collateral for CDO investors, and then to vet the bonds themselves.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis